One woman vomited and others wept during dramatic testimony as part of a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban.
Sarah Karlan / Bloomberg via Getty Images fileA hearing in a lawsuit challenging Texas' abortion ban opened Wednesday with dramatic testimony from three women who experienced serious pregnancy complications but were denied abortions.
Casiano read aloud a doctor’s note that diagnosed her pregnancy as high risk, then began to sob and ultimately threw up, prompting the judge to call a recess. The two-day hearing that began Wednesday pertains to a request from the plaintiffs that the judge issue a temporary injunction blocking Texas' abortion bans from applying to high-risk pregnancies. The state has asked that the lawsuit be dismissed.The case is the first in which women who were denied abortions have sued a state since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Brandt traveled out of state and received an abortion in Colorado to terminate the nonviable fetus. She gave birth to a healthy baby at 38 weeks. In her testimony, she said that if she had not gotten the abortion, she would likely have given birth to twins prematurely, only one of whom would have lived.
“I now have a psychiatrist,” Casiano said. “I now vomit a lot more. I’ve never vomited before like that, ever, before my pregnancy. My body’s never reacted that way.”
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