Janice Hopkins Tanne New YorkOn 8 December the Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked permission for an abortion that a district court in Travis county had granted the day before. The lower court had issued a temporary restraining order to allow Kate Cox, a woman with a non-viable pregnancy, to have an abortion.12Texas attorney general Ken Paxton immediately appealed the lower court’s ruling to the Texas Supreme Court, which temporarily blocked the lower court ruling while it considered Paxton’s appeal. The supreme court did not say when it …

Source: New York Times December 11, 2023 14:24 UTC