About 21 weeks pregnant, Texan Kate Cox, 31, is carrying a fetus with trisomy 18, a chromosomal anomaly associated with serious malformations, with a high risk of death in utero.
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Joe Biden in support of a Texan awaiting an emergency abortion. The American president expressed his anger after a woman with a risky pregnancy had to leave Texas, where abortions are prohibited, with rare exceptions, to be able to have an abortion. “No woman should be forced to go to court or flee her home state just to receive the care she needs. But that is exactly what happened in Texas because of elected Republican officials, and “It’s just outrageous. This should never happen in America, period.”said the Democratic president in a press release.
This case is a symbol of the difficulties encountered by patients and doctors since the annulment by the United States Supreme Court of the federal guarantee of the right to abortion in June 2022. President Biden denounced “the legal and medical chaos in states like Texas, Kentucky and Arizona, a direct result” of the decision last year by the temple of American law.
“As we said would happen, women’s health and lives are now at stake.”
Joe Biden, President of the United Statesat a press conference
About 21 weeks pregnant, Texan Kate Cox, 31, recently had confirmation that her fetus had trisomy 18, a chromosomal anomaly associated with serious malformations. He risks dying in utero and even if the pregnancy goes to term, the probability that the baby will be stillborn or die a few days later is high. According to her doctor, this pregnancy also threatens Kate Cox’s health and fertility.
