Zurawski v. State of Texas

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Zurawski v. State of Texas is a high-profile lawsuit in which women denied medically necessary abortions challenge the state’s near-total abortion ban as unconstitutional and dangerously restrictive to pregnant patients’ health.

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Zurawski v. State of Texas canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil case ⓘ
lawsuit ⓘ
reproductive rights case ⓘ
allegation Texas abortion laws prevented timely medical care in pregnancy complications ⓘ
patients were forced to wait until their conditions worsened before receiving care ⓘ
women were denied medically necessary abortions ⓘ
areaOfLaw abortion law ⓘ
civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
health law ⓘ
challengesLaw Texas Senate Bill 8–style abortion restrictions ⓘ
Texas near-total abortion ban ⓘ
Texas trigger abortion ban enacted after Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ
concerns chilling effect on medical decision-making in Texas ⓘ
criminal and civil penalties for abortion providers ⓘ
patient safety in pregnancy emergencies ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Texas Constitution ⓘ
due course of law protections under Texas Constitution ⓘ
equal rights and equal protection principles under Texas Constitution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
defendant State of Texas ⓘ
linked to: Texas

Texas state officials ⓘ
focusesOn impact of abortion bans on emergency pregnancy care ⓘ
interpretation of life and health exceptions in Texas abortion law ⓘ
medical exceptions to abortion bans ⓘ
jurisdiction Texas ⓘ
legalClaim challenge to Texas near-total abortion ban ⓘ
claim that abortion bans are unconstitutionally vague ⓘ
claim that abortion bans endanger pregnant patients’ health ⓘ
plaintiff Amanda Zurawski ⓘ
plaintiffGroup patients whose fetuses had fatal or serious anomalies ⓘ
pregnant patients denied abortions in Texas ⓘ
women who experienced severe pregnancy complications ⓘ
plaintiffRole lead plaintiff ⓘ
policyImpact debate over scope of medical exceptions in abortion bans ⓘ
discussion of maternal health consequences of abortion restrictions ⓘ
discussion of physicians’ legal risk when treating pregnancy complications ⓘ
publicAttention high-profile case ⓘ
significant media coverage ⓘ
relatedTo Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ⓘ
Texas abortion trigger laws ⓘ
linked to: Texas abortion laws
representedBy Center for Reproductive Rights ⓘ
reproductive rights attorneys ⓘ
seeksRemedy ability for pregnant patients to obtain abortions when medically indicated ⓘ
clarification of medical exceptions to Texas abortion bans ⓘ
protection for physicians providing medically necessary abortions ⓘ
timePeriod post-Dobbs era ⓘ

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Texas abortion laws → centralToCase → Zurawski v. State of Texas ⓘ