Joe Biden and his wife have invited a woman who had to leave home to attend the State of the Union address. Texas to abort, the White House announced this Wednesday.
Kate Cox has agreed to go to Congress on March 7 on the occasion of this traditional great political speech by American presidents, the spokesperson told reporters Karine Jean-Pierre.
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“On Sunday, the president and First Lady spoke with Kate Cox, who was forced to go to court to seek permission to receive the care she needed for a life-threatening non-viable pregnancy.“, he claimed.
The BidensThey thanked her for her bravery in sharing her story and speaking out about the impact of the extreme abortion ban in Texas”said Jean-Pierre.
This woman’s story has moved the country.
Kate Cox was about 21 weeks pregnant when it was confirmed that her fetus had trisomy 18, a chromosomal abnormality associated with serious malformations.
According to her doctor, the pregnancy also jeopardized Cox’s health and fertility, but she was denied abortion due to Texas anti-abortion laws and their doctors said they had their hands “tied”, according to a complaint filed by her.
She was finally forced to leave Texas to undergo an emergency abortion.
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The case illustrates the problems that patients and doctors have faced since the United States Supreme Court voided the federal guarantee of right to abortion in June 2022.
Since then, several states in the country have restricted or even banned voluntary termination of pregnancy.
Joe Biden accuses donald trump to be “pawned” in restricting access to abortion, an issue that he plans to use against the Republican during the election campaign.
