The woman at the center of a high-profile abortion controversy in Texas has decided to travel out of state to terminate her pregnancy instead of waiting for a decision from the state's Supreme Court.

Kate Cox, 31, sought an abortion in Texas after her fetus was given a near-fatal diagnosis that also risked harming her own health. A Texas judge granted Cox's request for an abortion on Thursday, but the request was blocked by the state Supreme Court after a challenge from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday. On Monday, Cox decided to travel out of state to obtain the abortion.

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“She’s been in and out of the emergency room and she couldn’t wait any longer,” Nancy Northup, head of the Center for Reproductive Rights who represented Cox in her case, said.

Cox's fetus, at 21 weeks of gestation, has been diagnosed with trisomy 18, a chromosomal condition that slows growth before birth and often results in miscarriage. Only 5%-10% of children born with trisomy 18 live past their first year of life, with those surviving having severe intellectual disabilities. Texas bans all abortions at the moment of fertilization with a few narrow exceptions for health or life of the mother.

In his challenge to a lower Texas court ruling that first allowed Cox to get an abortion, Paxton argued that the condition did not meet the state's requirements and threatened to prosecute any hospitals that carried out the abortion.

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"The [temporary restraining order] will not insulate you, or anyone else, from civil and criminal liability for violating Texas' abortion laws," Paxton wrote.

It is unknown what effect Cox's travel out of state, where abortions in her case are legal, will have on the case in Texas.