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AUSTIN, Texas AP 鈥?A pregnant Texas woman who sought court permission for an abortion in an unprecedented challenge to one of the most restrictive bans in the U.S. has left the state to obtain the procedure, her attorneys said Monday.The announcement came as Kate Cox, 31, was awaiting a ruling from th stanley cup e Texas Supreme Court over whether she could legally obtain an abortion under narrow exceptions to th stanley cup e states ban. A judge gave Cox permission last week but that decision w stanley cup as put on hold by the states all-Republican high court. Her health is on the line. Shes been in and out of the emergency room and she couldnt wait any longer, said Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which was representing Cox.READ MORE: Missouri lawmakers propose allowing homicide charges for women who have abortionsThe organization did not disclose where Cox went.Cox was believed to be the first woman in the U.S. to ask a court for permission for an abortion since聽Roe v. Wade was overturned last year.聽Her lawsuit quickly became a high-profile test of bans in Texas and a dozen other GOP-controlled states, where abortion is prohibited at nearly all stages of pregnancy.Days after Cox filed her lawsuit, a pregnant woman in Kentucky last week also聽asked a court to allow an abortion.聽There has been no ruling yet in that case.Doctors have told Cox that her fetus is at a high risk for a condition known as trisomy 18, which has a very high likelihood of miscarriage or stillbirth, Uykb How a shifting definition of white helped shape U.S. immigration policy
SEATTLE AP 鈥?Civil rights groups and lawmakers were demanding information from federal officials following reports that dozens of Iranian-Americans were held up and questioned at the border as they returned to the United States from Canada over the weekend.In a statement Sunday, the Washington state chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said more than 60 Iranians and Iranian-Americans were detained and questioned at the Peace Arch Border Crossing in Blaine, Washington. Many were returning from a concert by an Iranian pop star in Vancouver, British Columbia. Those detained repo stanley cup rted that their passports were confiscated and they were questioned about their political views and allegiances, the statement said.T salomon ensions between the United States and Iran are high following a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad last week that killed a top Iranian general. Iran leaders have vowed to retaliate.Michael Friel, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said reports that Iranian-Americans were detained or refused entry because of where they were born were not true. Based on the current threat environment, CBP is operating with an enhanced posture at its ports of entry to safeguard our national security and protect the America people stanley cup while simultaneously protecting the civil rights and liberties of everyone, Friel said in a statement.He said border wait times increased to an average of two hours Saturday evening at Blaine, Washington, because of increased traffic |
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