The Texas Supreme Court ruled against a woman named Kate Cox who sought an abortion for a medical emergency. Her fetus was diagnosed with trisomy 18, a genetic abnormality that usually results in stillbirth or death after birth. Cox argued she qualified for an exception in Texas' near-total abortion ban for medical emergencies. However, the all-Republican Texas Supreme Court said the doctor seeking to perform the abortion needed to determine in her "reasonable medical judgment" that Cox had a "life-threatening condition" in order to qualify for the exception. Cox, having left Texas for an abortion, continued her legal challenge against the state's restrictive abortion law, asserting that its medical emergency exception is ineffective and that such bans endanger pregnant individuals.