Ken Paxton issues threat after judge ruled this week that Cox, a pregnant woman with a lethal fetal diagnosis, can get an abortion

The Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, has threatened to prosecute any doctor who provides an abortion to Kate Cox, a woman with a non-viable pregnancy, advising hospitals to ignore a court order issued on Thursday allowing her to get the procedure.

The rightwing Paxton issued the warning to three Houston-area hospitals after a Texas judge ruled this week that Cox, a pregnant woman with a lethal fetal diagnosis, may obtain an abortion under the narrow medical exceptions offered by the state bans.

In a brazen dismissal of the court’s decision, Paxton wrote that the judge’s order “will not insulate hospitals, doctors or anyone else from civil and criminal liability”.

Paxton also wrote that the hospital where Cox obtains an abortion “may be liable for negligent credentialing the physician” who performs the procedure.

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[–] 260 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

An attorney general is “advising hospitals to ignore a court order”.

Read that sentence again.

He is supposed to be an officer of the court. It is his job to uphold the law, regardless of how he feels about it personally. The judge ruled explicitly on this particular woman’s specific situation - there is no reasonable room for interpretation here.

This man is putting his own opinion above the rule of law. He is radically unsuited for his job and deserves to be disbarred.

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  • [–] 139 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This guy is under an FBI investigation and felony fraud charges. He is ignoring the court because he holds a criminal mindset and has zero respect for the law.

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    [–] 153 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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    [–] 103 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    For the Republicans, it’s not about protecting babies, it’s about punishing women.

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  • [–] 89 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Fuck that guy. I hope his dick falls off

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    [–] 85 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    As a physician, I am completely lost as to why any OB-GYN (or other healthcare professional, for that matter) still feels comfortable practicing in the state of Texas.

    They literally criminalized healthcare and turned doctors into potential perps. I'd be terrified that a patient unplanned miscarriage would turn into a murder investigation with me as the primary suspect.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    I could totally see Texas go after a physician with SWAT and trash their house and kill their dog when bringing them in just to make an example for everyone else.

    Sad but I can’t imagine practicing in Texas and feeling safe.

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  • [–] 77 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So hold him in contempt of court. Otherwise he’ll be emboldened and do it more

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  • [–] 76 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    WTF is this ramble at the end on about?

    “While the Biden administration continues to make up rules that are unconstitutional, I will keep holding them accountable,” Paxton said in a statement released earlier this year. “I will not allow the Biden administration to threaten doctors and hospitals with this unlawful mandate and put millions of Texans’ access to healthcare on the line.”

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  • [–] 70 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Greatest country on earth ladies and gentlemen, land of the free my arse.

    Look at this idiot, he even looks like a republican.

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    [–] 65 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's not too late to abort Ken Paxton.

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  • [–] 65 points 2 years ago* (18 children)

    Reading this as a non-American, it feels surreal. How can such a basic right be stripped from all women, and then have men stand up and defend such a disgusting situation. Do they have no shame? No moral compass?

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    [–] 65 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    He doesn't care about a baby that won't even be born, he just wants her to die for being a woman who had sex with someone who wasn't him.

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It’s not about her having sex with someone that wasn’t him- I guarantee he couldn’t care less about that.

    What he does care about is that he needs to control her every move and decision along with his voting base can’t think for themselves and need to be controlled by scum just like this piece of shit.

    They’re all cowards that won’t think for themselves.

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  • [–] 65 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    You guys remember Death Panels, the anti-Obamacare cry that legislatures want to get between you and your doctor to decide who can get care?

    Every Republican who jumped on that bandwagon needs to eat crow and realize they flipped like a bitch when it suited their anti-abortion argument.

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    [–] 60 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Some of these republicans have never even heard of angry mobs pulling people who destroy their lives out of their homes and returning the favor. Just fucking with people with impunity.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Man I'd love to see lynching brought back for these scum.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They're pushing for it, don't be surprised when it happens.

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    [–] 53 points 2 years ago

    What a shit state to be in.

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  • [–] 48 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Have you done your duty and told a conservative they're an idiot today?

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    [–] 48 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Man, it would really be “sad” if he tripped and fell into a pit full of filthy dull knives and venomous snakes. Just a real “tragedy.”

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    [–] 45 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They're going to kill this woman, they're going to do it on national TV... and then they're going to cheer about it

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    [–] 44 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Why do people like AG Paxton keep trying to insert themselves between people like this woman and God?

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    [–] 43 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    He just interfered with this woman's ability to pursue legal Healthcare to protect her life. If she dies as a result of the medical complications associated with the pregnancy, I don't see how he doesn't get charged with manslaughter at a minimum.

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    [–] 29 points 2 years ago

    Republicans are fucking ghouls.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago

    What an efficient use of tax dollars. Smh

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    One of the only things of any value to come from the Trump administration, is that these cowards are no longer worried about saying the quiet thing out loud.

    It’s like cockroaches that aren’t afraid of the light anymore- but still love bing cockroaches.

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    [–] 27 points 2 years ago

    Get out of texas as quickly as you can.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Where is the armed mob outside of his office demanded the defense of freedom?

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    [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    This poor woman. Wtf instead of just getting her life saving care she has to watch idiots arguing about it for months.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    Sounds like attempted murder.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    He should adopt the baby if he wants it so much.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    I feel like that's all that's needed to drop a SLAPP suit on him, which is Ironic because Anti-SLAPP laws are one of the areas where Texas is actually ahead of the curve

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