Early in her pregnancy, Jaci Statton was in her kitchen when she felt like she was going to pass out and saw that her jeans had become soaked with blood.
Doctors told her the pregnancy was not viable and that it could threaten her life if an abortion was not performed soon, she said.
But Ms. Statton lives in Oklahoma, a state that bans most abortions.
At the third, “they said, ‘We can’t touch you unless you’re like crashing in front of us,’” Ms. Statton, 26, said in an interview.
Her case is part of several legal challenges filed Tuesday involving patients and doctors in three states — Idaho, Tennessee and Oklahoma — who claim that those states’ abortion bans are preventing women with serious pregnancy complications from getting abortions, even in cases where the medical need is clear.
Persons:
Jaci Statton, Doctors, Statton, “, ’
Organizations:
U.S . Department of Health, Human Services, Oklahoma Children’s Hospital
Locations:
Oklahoma, — Idaho , Tennessee