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.
Sounds like attempted murder.
Why do people like AG Paxton keep trying to insert themselves between people like this woman and God?
Because they are arrogant pieces of shit.
Fuck that guy. I hope his dick falls off
If karma were real, it’d be long gone
Maybe it’s already gone, and that’s why he’s so angry.
I didn’t get nearly so angry when I cut my dick off, I think he’s just hateful
Won’t someone rid us of this meddlesome clown’s penis?
Remember this, from September?
Texas Senate overturns Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment by the state House
Oh, gosh, this sounds like it’s Terri Schiavo all over again
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.
He should be held liable for medical malpractice, as a private citizen
It would be very difficult to charge him because prosecutors have absolute immunity for charging decisions. Even if any other prosecutor wanted to charge him they would have a very high bar to prove he overstepped his role as a prosecutor.
As a prosecutor you’d think you’d be required by law to follow all rulings by a judge?
Edit - What if a judge rules someone innocent and Paxton is like nah, you go to prison anyway.
This isn’t any different?
Sadly I agree with with your point. While I, as someone who is definitely not a prosecutor, think there is a pretty strong case that he is using the power of his office to prevent someone from exercising their legal freedoms to try to survive, I am ignorant of how charges like that could be brought and expect that Paxton enjoys some pretty broad protections, whether his position should or not.
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.
Don’t worry, cockroaches respect the democratic process and human rights. Just keep voting for the status quo and everything will be okay.
Lol
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.”
That’s cruel. Those poor snakes.
I like to think that the snakes will move out of the way, let him fall on the knives, and then use his body to climb out of the pit. Snakes be smart like that :)
yeah, lets keep the snakes out of this, the poor tetanusses will have to suffer Paxton though 😢
For the Republicans, it’s not about protecting babies, it’s about punishing women.
Just plain cruelty. There’s no hate like Christian love.
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.
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.
It’s literally about fear and control. They keep their base afraid.
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Some people are so fucking dumb.
Get out of texas as quickly as you can.
can we just destroy texas
I keep saying “expel them from the Union for being more trouble than they’re worth” but people think I’m joking.
Only state to fight a war for slavery twice btw
They have so much of our oil, though. Maybe we’d be okay with Alaska and renewable investment…
As someone who lives in Texas: FUCKING PLEASE.
But let those of us not on the Christian Nationalist train get refugee status in the states that are still sane though, please and thank you!
Have you done your duty and told a conservative they’re an idiot today?
I hope that they keep doubling down. When unlikely voters show up… They tend to vote down ballot.
Literally the dog that caught the car.
Not exactly. There was a nice lady at the bus stop I was having a normal conversation with, and after 10 or 15 minutes she suddenly started talking angrily about how “blacks” are “lazy” and always on the news for doing something.
I was speechless, so she turned to me and asked, “do you like the blacks?” I slowly nodded my head, it was all I could do, I was so shocked. Then she goes “oh, okay,” and just drops the subject. Now I’m shocked for a second time at how damn polite this woman is about such a hateful belief.
Later on, the bus comes, and we get on. For context, the driver is a black man, and there are a few other people on the bus, none of them white. She has a very friendly conversation with the driver, and a one point she turns to me, and she tries to tell me he’s one of the good “blacks,” except instead of “blacks” she makes a vague gesture with her hand and adds, “like I was telling you about.”
All this to say, I was too baffled to call her an idiot. Sorry for going way off topic, I’ve just been stuck on that weird interaction all day. I mean, I’ve met racist people before, but I’ve never been treated so much like one of the “in group” that agrees with them, especially after saying that I don’t. For that matter, I’ve never been politely asked, “Do you like the blacks?” before. Ugh, sorry. Just a weird day.
