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Abortion laws in Texas, Wisconsin forcing pregnant women to wait for care
NBC News via Yahoo NewsThree days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Melissa Janssen’s water broke.
But Janssen, 35, was just 18 weeks pregnant, too early for the baby to have a good chance of survival.
“I was in absolute shock and just kind of numb,” she said.
Doctors told Janssen she had two options. First, she could wait and see, although the baby most likely would die and she’d be at increasing risk for sepsis, a dangerous infection.
Her other option was to terminate the pregnancy. But Janssen lives in Wisconsin, which immediately banned nearly all abortions once Roe was overturned in late June.
“It was just mind-blowing,” she said. “I just couldn’t believe this was happening and this was me.”
Janssen wanted to terminate; she was already showing symptoms of an infection, including a low-grade fever and tenderness in her belly, and the baby’s heart rate was becoming elevated. But the change in the law meant her OB-GYN, Dr. Jordan Crow, faced a dilemma. In Wisconsin, the only exception allowing for an abortion is when the mother’s life is in danger. Without symptoms of a full-blown infection, legally it was a tough call to make.
But Janssen, 35, was just 18 weeks pregnant, too early for the baby to have a good chance of survival.
“I was in absolute shock and just kind of numb,” she said.
Doctors told Janssen she had two options. First, she could wait and see, although the baby most likely would die and she’d be at increasing risk for sepsis, a dangerous infection.
Her other option was to terminate the pregnancy. But Janssen lives in Wisconsin, which immediately banned nearly all abortions once Roe was overturned in late June.
“It was just mind-blowing,” she said. “I just couldn’t believe this was happening and this was me.”
Janssen wanted to terminate; she was already showing symptoms of an infection, including a low-grade fever and tenderness in her belly, and the baby’s heart rate was becoming elevated. But the change in the law meant her OB-GYN, Dr. Jordan Crow, faced a dilemma. In Wisconsin, the only exception allowing for an abortion is when the mother’s life is in danger. Without symptoms of a full-blown infection, legally it was a tough call to make.
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