Texas Judge Bars State Abortion Ban for Pregnancy Complications

Texas is blocked from enforcing its abortion ban against people with certain pregnancy complications, including fetal conditions where the fetus is unlikely to survive after birth.

Travis County District Court Judge Jessica Mangrum said Friday that the temporary injunction “is necessary to preserve Plaintiffs’ legal right to obtain or provide abortion care in Texas in connection with emergent medical conditions under the medical exception and the Texas Constitution.”

The ruling was a win for pregnant women and physicians who sued the state in March. The patient plaintiffs were “delayed or denied access to abortion care because of the widespread uncertainty ...