The U.S. Supreme Court, whose three justices were chosen by former President Donald Trump, ruled on Oct. 7 that it would not stop Texas from denying emergency abortions even when the woman’s or girl’s life is in danger, per Texas law, noted KHOU.
Texas has one of the worst health care systems in the country, noted a study by WalletHub.
The Associated Press notes that Supreme Court let stand a Texas law supporting the denial of life-saving care:
Several Texas women have lodged complaints against hospitals for not terminating their failing and dangerous pregnancies because of the state’s ban. In some cases, women lost reproductive organs….
Mary Ziegler, a law professor at the University of California at Davis who has written extensively about abortion, said there remains much uncertainty for doctors in Texas, who could risk life in prison for performing abortions.
“I think we’re going to continue to see physicians turning away patients, even patients who could qualify under the state’s exceptions, because the consequences of guessing wrong are so severe and the laws are not that clear,” Ziegler said.
(Sources: The Associated Press, WalletHub, KHOU/YouTube)