Women should be responsible for their own reproductive health, for example in the United States

And the vice president, in a statement regarding a recent lawsuit against the state of Texas, stressed that revoking Americans’ right to decide in this regard threatens their health, with the potential for serious consequences.

Harris added that “many so-called extremist leaders advocate freedom for all, while directly attacking their freedom to make their own health care decisions.”

Five women denied necessary medical abortions are suing Texas, asking the judge to clarify when the procedure is permitted under Texas law.

According to The New York Times, the plaintiffs are not asking the courts to overturn the Texas ban on the proceedings.

However, they are seeking assurance that doctors can do this in cases where it is not safe to continue the pregnancy, or if the fetus is unlikely to survive outside the womb.

The vice president’s statement also highlighted an encounter with Amanda Zurawski, one of the plaintiffs.

After her water broke prematurely, she said, she was repeatedly denied treatment due to Texas’ ban on abortion.

After she developed sepsis, an infection that nearly killed her, the hospital finally treated her, added the transcript from the White House.

At least 13 states have barriers to abortion, after overturning last June the ruling known as Roe v. Wade, which ruled in 1973 that the Constitution protected a woman’s freedom to terminate her pregnancy, without excessive government restrictions.

For the Center for Reproductive Rights, these barriers create chaos for patients, the doctors, and the hospitals that treat them, by making it a crime to provide this standard and crucial procedure for treating the many serious medical conditions that arise during pregnancy.

Texas law allows doctors to perform this procedure only to save the life of a pregnant patient. According to a New York Times investigation, although, in theory, some rules in restricted areas allow exceptions in certain circumstances, very few have been granted since the Supreme Court’s decision.

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