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he Supreme Court of Texas Hectare hanging Temporarily permission granted by a court is less than one A Dallas woman undergoes an abortion Considering that his fetus presents what is called Edwards syndrome or trisomy 18It is a fatal anomaly in a very high percentage of cases.
The Supreme Court acted at the request of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and decided to temporarily suspend the permit “regardless of each party’s reasons” to allow more time to issue a final ruling.
Texas’s anti-abortion laws are among the strictest in the United States: they are prohibited in almost all cases except when the mother’s life is in danger. In the case of this Dallas woman, Edwards syndrome could harm her health and put a future pregnancy at risk.
In addition, most babies with trisomy 18 do not survive beyond the first two weeks of life, and less than 10% survive the first year, usually as a result of major heart or lung defects, according to estimates by the US National Institutes of Health. United State
Attorney General Paxton, who is widely admired by hardline conservatives in Texas, also sent a letter to a number of hospitals warning them that they could face retaliation if they continued with the procedure.
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