AMANDA ZURAWSKI,LAUREN MILLER,ANNA ZARGARIAN,ASHLEY BRANDT,DAMLA KARSAN VS. STATE OF TEXAS,KEN PAXTON ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF TEXAS,TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD,STEPHEN BRINT CARLTON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD
This is a lawsuit filed by seven plaintiffs against the State of Texas, Attorney General of Texas, Texas Medical Board, and Executive Director of the Texas Medical Board. The plaintiffs allege that Texas's abortion bans have caused a healthcare crisis, denying necessary obstetrical care to pregnant people and potentially causing irreparable harm. The lawsuit involves three women who have experienced difficulties accessing abortion care due to the state's restrictive abortion laws, two women who were faced with difficult medical diagnoses during their pregnancies in Texas, and three plaintiffs who are challenging the constitutionality of Texas's new abortion law, S.B. 8. The plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment clarifying the scope of Texas's Emergent Medical Condition Exception to its abortion bans and any necessary relief to protect the health and lives of pregnant Texans with emergent medical conditions. The plaintiffs request that the case be conducted as a Level 3 case for the purposes of discovery and state that they seek non-monetary relief only.
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