How a Republican and a Democrat Carved out Exemptions to Texas’s Abortion Ban

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🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Rare across-the-aisle coöperation in Austin aims to protect the lives of some women who need abortions—and protect their doctors from prosecution.

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0:00.0	This is the New Yorker Radio Hour, a co-production of WNYC studios and the New Yorker.
0:07.0	Welcome to the New Yorker.
0:11.0	I'm David Remnick.
0:14.0	Even before Roe v. Wade was overturned,
0:17.0	Texas had one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country,
0:21.0	and after Roe fell, Texas went further with multiple laws that made nearly
0:26.2	all abortions illegal.
0:27.8	We'll take a look at this crowd.
0:30.2	Thousands are here at City Hall for the Houston Women's March here for many issues but the biggest being the fight for abortion rights.
0:39.0	The mother's health is also deteriorating and doctors have told them in this situation most would
0:44.2	choose to terminate the pregnancy however under Texas law that is no longer
0:48.2	an emotional testimony from women in a Texas courtroom today saying the
0:52.2	state abortion ban put their lives in danger.
0:55.2	I had just been given the worst news of my life.
0:58.2	Stephanie Taladridd has been reporting for the New Yorker about the abortion fight in Texas.
1:05.4	A woman has to be, and I'm going to cite the law here, at risk of death or of substantial
1:10.8	impairment of a major bodily function.
1:14.1	But that exception is not at all clear-cut.
1:17.0	And doctors who are threatened with all kinds of penalties very often don't know what to do. Two lawsuits have been brought against the state of Texas by women for injury
1:27.0	after they were denied abortions.
1:29.0	Stephaniea Talladrits cited the case of a woman with cancer
1:33.9	who couldn't receive chemo or radiation treatment
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