'I was violated and put in extreme danger': women denied abortions sue over Arkansas ban

[In It to Win It]

As Emily Waldorf languished in an Arkansas hospital, she felt like “a ticking time bomb”. It was 2024, and the physical therapist was in the midst of miscarrying a much-wanted pregnancy. But because her fetus still had a heartbeat, hospital officials said Arkansas’s near-total abortion ban blocked them from taking steps to induce labor and end her pregnancy.

Instead, Waldorf had to wait and hope that she didn’t develop a deadly infection.

Waldorf’s sister, Elizabeth, called the office of Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the Republican governor of Arkansas, to ask for help. “What do you expect the governor to do?” a male official from Sanders’s office asked. Waldorf, the official said, should “find a lawyer”.

Waldorf took the advice, as a sweeping new lawsuit shows. On Wednesday, Waldorf, an OB-GYN and three other Arkansas women who say they were also blocked from getting abortions sued the state in an attempt to strike down its near-total abortion ban.

Two of the women say that, like Waldorf, they were denied abortions even though their pregnancies had effectively ended. One of the women says that she was unable to get an abortion after getting pregnant through a sexual assault, because Arkansas doesn’t permit abortions in cases of rape.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/28/arkansas-lawsuit-abortion-ban-miscarriage

[Upthevibe]

1. Kick. N/T

[UpInArms]

2. Cruelty

Is a feature, not a bug

The hate for women to be autonomous is enormous

[sakabatou]

3. Once again, showing that the "pro-life" people are really just pro-forced birth.

[intheflow]

4. Women are just breeding machines for so many people.

Mostly male people. 😒 I honestly can’t understand the whole “You’ll carry my seed to term or die trying” mentality. What woman would want to breed with a cavemen?