• The Texas woman who had sought court permission to obtain an abortion due to a medical emergency, will instead leave the state to secure the procedure elsewhere.
• The woman, Kate Cox, has been diagnosed with having a fetus that has a genetic abnormality likely to cause stillbirth or death after birth.
• Texas law bans abortion with few exceptions includes cases of medical emergency.
• A state court issued an initial order permitting her to receive the procedure, then the state Supreme Court on Friday temporarily stayed that decision.
• The stay followed an appeal from Texas GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton, who had challenged the lower court’s decision.

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