AUSTIN, Texas (KEYE) — The Texas Supreme Court has overturned a court order that would have given Dallas woman Kate Cox the ability to have an abortion for her high-risk pregnancy.
Cox previously filed a lawsuit requesting that she be granted permission from the courts to have an abortion after learning her fetus has trisomy 18, which has a very high likelihood of miscarriage or stillbirth and low survival rates.
Travis County District Judge Maya Guerra Gamble ruled that Cox would be able to have the abortion, but the Texas Supreme Court put the order on hold after Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an emergency petition.
The news of the ruling comes hours after it was reported that Cox left Texas to seek out an abortion.
The organization did not disclose where Cox went.
Cox was believed to be the first woman in the U.S. to ask a court for permission for an abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year.
Editor's note: The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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