Erika Christensen was 35 when she and her husband Garin, then 38, decided to start a family. After suffering a miscarriage, they were happy to get pregnant again soon after, but discovered at 30 weeks that their baby had a rare condition that would prevent him from surviving outside of the womb. She shares her story, in her own words, of traveling from her home state of New York to Colorado and back again to terminate the wanted pregnancy in order to safeguard her health and prevent unnecessary suffering. Erika now has a daughter, Pepper, who is 2 years old.
Ten weeks into my first pregnancy, I had a miscarriage. It was really devastating. My doctor said, ‘You know, this happens all the time and there’s no reason for you to not try again when you’re ready.’
We asked our doctor what would happen if I carried to term, and he said I would likely give birth to a baby who would choke for a few moments and then die. We got that information at 30 weeks. After eight months of being cared for by all these various specialists — we saw so many really smart healthcare providers — in the end, all that mattered was what a bunch of politicians wrote into law in 1970, before women could have credit cards. They didn’t know me or my situation, nevermind anything about maternal fetal medicine. But ultimately they were the deciders on whether or not I could get abortion care in my own state.patients and providers to make these decisions.
After my abortion, we started to understand the reality of the problem, and we wanted to help. So we started to work to change the New York state law. A bill passed in 2019 to bring our state law in line with the baseline protections of Roe v. Wade. So in New York now, there are added exceptions to our 24 week abortion limit when there are threats to a pregnant person’s health and in cases of fetal nonviability.
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