Martina Navratilova recently expressed her disbelief and dismay at the Texas Attorney General’s petition to prevent a Dallas woman from terminating her pregnancy. The case involves Kate Cox, a Dallas resident who was 20 weeks pregnant with her third child when she learned that the fetus had a fatal condition. Cox has been hospitalized four times in the past month due to complications such as severe cramping and fluid loss. However, Texas law prohibits abortions after 20 weeks, unless the mother’s life is in imminent danger or the fetus has a severe abnormality that is incompatible with life. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a staunch opponent of abortion, filed a petition on Friday, December 8, to intervene in Cox’s case and stop her from getting an abortion. Paxton argued that Cox’s condition does not meet the legal criteria of an exception and that the state has a compelling interest in protecting the life of the unborn child. Navratilova, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time and a vocal advocate for women’s rights, LGBTQ rights, and animal rights, shared a clip of a CNN interview with Lindy Li, a political strategist, who spoke in support of Cox and condemned Paxton’s actions. Li said that denying Cox an abortion would destroy her dreams of completing her family and that Paxton and his fellow Republicans were operating in a “logic-free zone” and pretending to uphold family values. Li also asked why Paxton was threatening to punish a pregnant woman, who simply wants to be a mother, and her doctors, with a $100,000 fine and a first-degree felony. Martina Navratilova reacted to the clip with a series of woman-shrugging emojis, implying that she had no words to describe the absurdity and injustice of Paxton’s petition.
Martina Navratilova Speaks Out Against Texas Attorney General’s Attack on Women with Terminal Fetus
