The Woman Who Fought the Texas Abortion Ban - The Daily NYT Podcast [View all]
A major case in Texas this week drew attention to the question of who can get exempted from an abortion ban. Most states that have banned the procedure allow for rare exceptions, but while that might seem clear on paper, in practice, its far more ambiguous.
Kate Cox, the woman at the center of the case in Texas; and Kate Zernike, a national correspondent for The New York Times, talk about the legal process and its surprising effect.
Guest: Kate Zernike (
https://www.nytimes.com/by/kate-zernike) , a national correspondent for The New York Times.
Background reading:
The Texas Supreme Court is weighing several cases seeking to clarify the limits of medical exceptions (
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/us...) to the states abortion bans.
But the courts ruling in Ms. Coxs case has left doctors still unsure about which cases might pass legal muster (
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/13/us...) .
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