Disability Rights Amicus Brief in Zurawski v. State of Texas
Brief filed in Zurawski v. State of Texas.
Amici are disability rights organizations and professors, including the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Women Enabled International, and the Texas Civil Rights Project. The brief describes how the Texas abortion bans and confusion regarding their medical exceptions have caused a healthcare crisis that disproportionately harms people with disabilities—people who already face widespread discrimination and barriers to care and are more likely to experience life- or health-threatening risks during pregnancy. Thus, amici argue that restricting access to medically necessary abortions violates the constitutional rights of people with disabilities who have an equal right to protect their life and health under the Texas constitution.
This brief was one of many filed in Zurawski v. State of Texas. For more information on the case, click here.