AUSTIN, January 13, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Dec. 31 that Texas Medicaid restrictions on funding for “medically necessary” abortions for poor women don’t violate the state constitution.
The 8-0 decision in Bell v. Low Income Women of Texas, et al. reverses a 3rd Court of Appeals ruling in December 2000 that the denial of funding for a poor woman to have an abortion when her health—but not necessarily her life—might be threatened by a pregnancy, violates the Texas Equal Rights Amendment. The court has thus ruled constitutional a law that prefers childbearing over abortion. “The people of Texas never put the right to abortion funding in their constitution,” says Christopher Maska, an Austin attorney who helped write an amicus brief filed on behalf of 66 members of the state Legislature. For newswire coverage see: https://biz.yahoo.com/law/030106/0d89626676be29b8ee2250380f793aa8_1.html For related coverage see: NO FORCED PAYMENTS FOR ABORTION ON DEMAND IN TEXAS https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/1998/mar/98032505.html