Paxton asks Texas Supreme Court to stop woman from emergency abortion

The legal battle is a major test case since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned abortion rights last year, enabling states like Texas to pass near complete bans. The woman, Kate Cox, 31, of the Dallas-Fort Worth area, has sought court authorization for the abortion because her fetus was diagnosed on Nov. 27 with trisomy 18, a genetic abnormality that usually results in miscarriage, stillbirth or death soon after birth.