The Texas Supreme Court Got It Right on Abortion

Hard cases make for bad legal journalism, especially in a politically charged atmosphere. So it is proving in the case of Kate Cox. Her unborn child was diagnosed with trisomy 18, which, given current U.S. medical practices, usually leads to death in the womb or in the first year after birth. If she carried the baby to term, she would have to have her third C-section, possibly compromising her ability to have another baby in the future. (In the lawsuits over this case, groups favoring looser abortion laws pointed to evidence that 0.9 percent of mothers had to have hysterectomies after a third C-section.) She instead sought an abortion in Texas, where she lives.