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.
, 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.
During her pregnancy, she was taken off medication needed to treat severe health issues she had related to swelling of her brain, which caused headaches.Tennessee lawmakers had passed a near total abortion ban, but later added some medical exceptions to the law such as saving the life of the mother or ending a molar or ectopic pregnancy.
She said the lack of physicians has caused lengthy wait times for cervical screenings, among other female medical needs.
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