In an instant, the impacts of her state’s restrictive laws on abortion care became clear: Had Bell been bleeding from a car accident or a burst appendix, doctors could help her right away.
But because she was having a miscarriage in a hospital in Georgia, surgery had to wait.
Several others restrict it to certain points in pregnancy, including Georgia, which limits abortion to the first six weeks of pregnancy.
Bell’s pregnancy was at 18 weeks — too early for her fetus to survive outside the womb but well past Georgia’s limit.
Doctors told Bell she’d have to wait, unless her condition grew worse: Georgia makes people wait 24 hours before they can have an abortion except in medical emergencies.
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