Texas AG Threatens to Prosecute Donors for Emergency Abortion

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is threatening to take legal action against any doctors involved in providing an emergency abortion that received court approval in an historic ruling. Paxton’s statement followed Travis County Judge Maya Guerra Gamble’s December 7 order holding that a 31-year-old woman should be allowed to have an abortion under the limited exceptions to Texas’ ban. The ruling came in a lawsuit the Center for Reproductive Rights filed on behalf of Kate Cox, who is 20 weeks pregnant. Cox, a parent of two hoping for a third...