[image: image.png] *from Vox: The insidious thing about the court’s brief opinion in this case, which has the uninformative name In re State of Texas <www.txcourts.gov/media/1457645/230994pc.pdf>, is that, at first glance, the opinion appears to be protective of patients like Cox. **The opinion says that Texas law “has delegated to the medical — rather than the legal — profession the decision about” when a particular patient has a condition which justifies performing a medically necessary abortion. “If a doctor, using her ‘reasonable medical judgment,’ decides that a pregnant woman has such a condition, then … Texas law does not prohibit the abortion.”**That sure sounds like good news for abortion providers and for abortion patients, at least in the limited circumstances where the patient has a serious medical condition that must be treated by an abortion. But it’s a trap.**It is a trap because the court denies Cox’s doctor, Damla Karsan, the one thing she needs to safely treat her patient: a court order ensuring that Karsan cannot be prosecuted or sued if she performs a medically necessary abortion on her patient. * *part one: Peter Greene education writer for Forbes* *Sarasota School Board Should Not Expel Ziegler* *FL: Higher Education Nightmare* *part two: History Professor William Trollinger U of Dayton* *Before he was House speaker, Mike Johnson represented a creationist museum in court. Here’s what that episode reveals about his politics* Listen online at www.wnhnfm.org/live Listen anytime to the podcast at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238 <www.podomatic.com/podcasts/staff74238> Attitude with Arnie Arnesen, Texas Supreme Court, Kate Cox, abortion, Peter Greene, public education, Forbes, Zeiglers, Sarasota School Board, rape, menage a trois, Florida Higher Education, AAUP, New College, Ron DeSantis, Chris Rufo,hostile takeover, academic freedom, sunshine law, tenure, college presidents
