Denied abortion for a doomed pregnancy, she tells Texas court: ‘There was no mercy’
NPR reports on the riveting first day of testimony in the Zurawski v. Texas case.
NPR reported on the first day’s hearing in Zurawski v. State of Texas on July 19. The lawsuit was filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of Texas women denied abortion care despite facing severe pregnancy complications and risks to their health, fertility and lives.
Samantha Casiano, NPR reports, is “one of three women who gave dramatic testimony about their pregnancies in a hushed and spellbound courtroom…”
The plaintiffs are asking the judge to temporarily suspend the bans for people who have medical complications in their pregnancies as the case proceeds while the state of Texas is asking for the case to be dismissed.
Casiano described what it was like to give birth to the daughter they named Halo. “She was gasping for air,” Casiano said. “I just kept telling myself and my baby that I’m so sorry that this has happened to you. I felt so bad. She had no mercy. There was no mercy there for her.”
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