Tearfully testifying against Texas’ abortion ban, three women describe medical care delayed

The Texas Tribune gave signifcant coverage of the testimony given at a hearing in state court 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. Texas is one of over a dozen U.S. states that have banned abortion.

The Tribune reported how three of the women “detailed devastating pregnancy losses and said medically necessary care was delayed or denied due to their doctors’ confusion over Texas’ abortion laws.” The Tribune noted they “are believed to be the first women in the country since 1973 to testify in court about the impacts of a state abortion ban on their pregnancies. They almost certainly won’t be the last.”

Read more about the day’s riveting testimony and the press briefing that followed in the article:

• “Tearfully testifying against Texas’ abortion ban, three women describe medical care delayed,” Texas Tribine, 07.19.23