Texas Woman Sues State to Authorize Emergency 20-Week Abortion

A Texas woman who needs an abortion “now” sued the state Tuesday, seeking an order that will allow her to have an emergency procedure that likely would be illegal under Texas’ six-week abortion ban.

Kate Cox is 20 weeks pregnant and has been told that her pregnancy is unlikely to end in a healthy birth, a complaint filed in Travis County District Court says.

According to the complaint, Cox’s doctors have told her that she is at risk for severe complications that threaten her life and her future ability to bear a child unless she ends the pregnancy. But the ...