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The Texas Supreme Court is halting a lower judge's ruling that would allow a woman to have an abortion. Kate Cox says she never thought she'd want an abortion, but her fetus was diagnosed with a fatal anomaly that could endanger Cox's health in the future. On Thursday, she won a temporary restraining order that would allow her to end the pregnancy. A day later, the state's Supreme Court put a temporary hold on that ruling "without regard to the merits." Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claims Cox does not meet the criteria for a medical exemption and warned hospitals they would face legal consequences if they performed the procedure.