In Louisiana, a woman says she was not allowed to have an abortion because she was told her unborn child would likely die.
Nancy Davis, a Black woman with a partner and three children, said doctors told her that her baby would be born with acrania, a rare abnormality.
The fetus was likely to be stillborn or die in the first week of life, according to Davis. Because of the state's abortion ban, medical professionals couldn't provide an abortion.
As she stood outside the Louisiana state Capitol with her family and civil rights attorney, Davis said that she had to carry her baby to be buried.
According to Davis, her doctors were unsure if they could legally perform the abortion due to Louisiana's law, which states that abortion is banned except to prevent the patient's death or in cases of "substantial risk of death due to a physical condition, or to prevent the serious, permanent
There are exemptions for "medically futile" pregnancies, which include a number of fetal anomalies.
They were afraid of what would happen to them if they performed a criminal abortion. Next week, I will be going out of state for this procedure. I want you to imagine what it's been like to have a baby after this diagnosis.
A doctor said they would perform an abortion for a lot of money. She said that the administrator at Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge said they couldn't perform the procedure because of strict Louisiana abortion laws.
The hospital can't comment on a specific patient, but it looks at each patient's individual circumstances and how to remain in compliance with all current state laws.
The medical team feared repercussions if they provided Mrs. Davis with an abortion, so she had to look out of state.
He said that doctors were worried that they could be fined as much as $200,000 and lose their licenses if they did not comply.
The hospital misinterpreted the law and got it all wrong, according to the legislators.
They said in a statement that they made changes to a previous 2006 law. The medical futility exception allows for a woman to have a medical procedure if she is carrying a child that cannot survive outside the uterus.
They stated, "Although many of us share a faith which would compel us to carry this child to full term, we voted for this exception and therefore recognize it as law."
Doctors across the U.S. are concerned about having to navigate strict abortion bans perceived as vague or unclear.
The Democrats have been leading the charge.
The Louisiana state senator who sponsored the "trigger law" in 2006 was a democrat. It was then- Gov. Kathleen Blanco was a Democrat and signed the law before the Supreme Court was about to make a decision on the legality of abortion.
The governor of Louisiana signed a bill prohibiting abortion of an unborn human being with a heartbeat. The measure was sponsored by a democrat.
Jackson sponsored a bill that would allow Louisiana voters to decide on a constitutional amendment stating that no provision of the state constitution protects a right to abortion. Voters approved the measure in 2020.
The Louisiana Department of Health was told by Jackson that the hospital could perform the procedure on Davis.
The law affects most women who are low-income or people of color. The state said that the client would get the abortion elsewhere.
The law is clear according to the attorney general. In response to a reporter's question about why Davis was going out of state to get an abortion that would fall within the Louisiana law's exception, Crump said that every woman's situation is different.
Medical professionals don't want to have to pay a lot of money in fines if they make the wrong call. Who would take someone's word for it, when their liberty is in danger?
She said she would travel to North Carolina to get the procedure.
Her partner, Chedrick Cole, who was with her at the press conference, said that having a front row seat to the situation and seeing the impact that it had on our family was difficult.
It should not happen to any other women.
Being a mother begins when your baby is in the uterus. Everything that comes with it is attached. It's my duty as a parent to make sure my children's best interests are uppermost in my mind.
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