Women in Tennessee, Idaho and Oklahoma announced lawsuits against states' abortion bans, claiming they were denied abortions despite dangerous pregnancy complications.
September 12, 2023, 12:05 PMIN this May 14, 2022, file photo, a member of the national Planned Parenthood association speaks to hundreds gathered near the Tennessee State Capital building in Nashville, Tenn., as part of a nation-wide protest for reproductive rights after a leak from the Supreme Court that suggest Roe v Wade will be overturned.
Four women in Idaho -- Jennifer Adkins, Jillaine St.Michel, Kayla Smith and Rebecca Vincen-Brown -- and abortion providers filed a suit against the state, Gov. Brad Little, attorney general and the state's board of medicine, claiming the state's ban has "sown confusion, fear and chaos among the medical community, resulting in grave harms to pregnant patients whose health and safety hang in the balance across the state," according to a copy of the lawsuit shared with ABC News.
Three women in Tennessee -- Nicole Blackmon, Allyson Phillips and Kaitlyn Dulon -- and abortion providers filed a suit against the state, attorney general and the state board of medical examiners, claiming they and others were denied "necessary and potentially life-saving medical care" because physicians "fear the penalties imposed by that ban," according to the lawsuit.
In this May 3, 2022, file photo, demonstrators gather at the Oklahoma State Capitol to protest as the U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to overturn longstanding abortion protections and the Oklahoma governor signs a Texas-style abortion ban.Jaci Statton filed an administrative complaint with the U.S.
The new lawsuits come months after five women -- represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights --
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