Women who were denied abortions in three states with near-total bans have launched legal complaints in an attempt to chip away at the prohibitions in their states, saying their lives were at stake when they were denied necessary medical treatment.
The women, represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights, are asking courts in Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma to clarify when doctors can invoke medical exceptions to the abortion bans, allowing a pregnant woman facing complications to receive an abortion.
Ms. Statton said she was turned away from several doctors — first after an ultrasound tech declined to consent to her abortion, suggesting he still heard a heartbeat. She said, though, that all the doctors told her she had the same dangerous condition. “Pregnant people should not have to fear that they will be denied life-saving treatment from Oklahoma hospitals, nor should they be forced to wait until they are at death’s door before health care providers intervene,” the complaint said.
Nicole Blackmon, one of three Tennessee women in the complaint, was unable to travel to another state for an abortion due to finances and ended up giving birth to a stillborn despite being warned that her baby’s condition was fatal in the womb because the organs were not properly developing. The Center for Reproductive Rights launched a similar lawsuit against Idaho’s abortion law, which only allows abortions to save the life of the mother or in the case of rape or incest, once the incidents are reported to law enforcement.
“Doctors are not lawyers,” she said. “We were not trained in our years and years of training to think about treating patients in these circumstances.”
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