Kate Cox – who sued Texas for denying her an emergency abortion – announces pregnancy at Dobbs event

Kate Cox, who sued the state of Texas after she was denied an emergency abortion, is pregnant again.

Cox made the announcement at a a campaign event in Maryland on Monday with Vice President Kamala Harris where they called for restoring abortion access in Texas.

In December 2023, Cox sued the state of Texas after she was told that she could not have an abortion despite her fetus having a fatal diagnosis.

Texas is one of 14 states that ban abortion at nearly all stages of pregnancy. Although Texas allows exceptions, doctors and women have argued in court that the state’s law is so restrictive and vaguely worded that physicians are fearful of providing abortions lest they face potential criminal charges.

Cox, a mother of two, had caesarians with her previous pregnancies. She learned she was pregnant for a third time in August and was told weeks later that her baby was at a high risk for a condition known as trisomy 18, which has a very high likelihood of miscarriage or stillbirth and low survival rates, according to the lawsuit.

Doctors told Cox that if the baby’s heartbeat were to stop, inducing labor would carry a risk of a uterine rupture because of her prior caesarians, and that another caesarian at full term would endanger her ability to carry another child.

Cox told the court that she should be allowed to have an abortion because her doctor had deemed it necessary to protect her health and her chance of future fertility.

“Kate Cox needs an abortion, and she needs it now,” the lawsuit read.

The Texas Supreme Court ultimately ruled against Cox, forcing her to leave the state to get an abortion.

“Wanted, prayed-for pregnancy sometimes ends in abortion,” Cox said at the campaign event on Monday.

She added: “It was every