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Ken Paxton: “We got a court order requiring that the baby be treated, you…”

Featuring: Ken Paxton, Republican | Attorney General of Texas

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Watch - Ken Paxton on The Benny Show

Published | Video Starts at 22:02

They were trying to force her to leave the state and have an abortion. And we stepped in and got a court order blocking her and then We got a court order requiring that the baby be treated, you know, life-saving treatment be done. So that baby had surgery yesterday, the first surgery of three on, on, on, on his heart. And as far as I know, it went well. (22:02–22:13)

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Asserts that Ken Paxton's office secured a court order for life-saving medical treatment for a baby.

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