{"id":580015,"date":"2023-06-23T20:23:26","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T17:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-roe-being-overturned-has-put-womens-lives-at-risk\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T20:23:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T17:23:26","slug":"how-roe-being-overturned-has-put-womens-lives-at-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-roe-being-overturned-has-put-womens-lives-at-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Roe being overturned has put women\u2019s lives at risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a326c7474561\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a326c7474561\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-roe-being-overturned-has-put-womens-lives-at-risk\/#%E2%80%98It_has_been_devastating\" >&#8216;It has been devastating&#8217;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-roe-being-overturned-has-put-womens-lives-at-risk\/#Experts_say_its_crucial_to_vote\" >Experts say it&#8217;s crucial to vote<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 699px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img has-preview\" alt=\"Women who have been affected by Roe being overturned\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/UItC4LK_sXzb4vaB1MD4cA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD02OTk-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_yahoo_life_style_751\/7d8c70aca22d64e5d320ed6ff10b0dc9\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Despite life-threatening complications in wanted pregnancies, some women have struggled to find abortion care. (Illustration: Yahoo <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Visuals; photo: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, the landmark ruling that guaranteed women in the U.S. the right to an abortion, was overturned a year ago with <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization<\/em>. Since then, stories of women struggling to find reproductive care \u2014 often after <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/abortion-restrictions-imminent-death-234636592.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:experiencing life-threatening complications;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\">experiencing life-threatening complications<\/a> of wanted pregnancies \u2014 have continued to make headlines.<\/p>\n<p>Women have shared devastating stories of nearly dying before doctors in states with strict abortion laws could legally intervene to help provide care that, just a year ago, was considered standard. On the anniversary of the end of <em>Roe v. Wade, <\/em>here&#8217;s a look at just a few of the alarming stories that have surfaced and what it means to be a woman of reproductive age in the U.S. right now.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Melissa Novak<\/strong>, a 40-year-old woman in Georgia, learned eight weeks into a wanted pregnancy that she had miscarried. Novak previously told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/country-not-taking-care-woman-210507999.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yahoo Life;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\">Yahoo Life<\/a> that she decided to have a medication abortion to manage the miscarriage, which usually involves taking the pre<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. However, her ob-gyn said she could prescribe only misoprostol because of strict laws in Georgia. Novak says she started bleeding four hours after inserting four misoprostol pills vaginally at home as instructed, but she was still bleeding when she came home from a family <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>. Four days later, Novak felt like she was coming down with a cold, followed by a fever. &#8220;My whole body was shaking, with intense pain in my lower back,&#8221; she said. She went to the emergency room, where doctors discovered she was in septic shock, a life-threatening condition caused by a bacterial infection from tissue that remained after an incomplete abortion. \u201cI was having trouble talking because I was in agony,\u201d she said. \u201cI was so tired and I&#8217;m suffering in this way and it\u2019s beyond what I think I can handle.\u201d Novak remembers thinking at one point that she could die. She had a surgical procedure called a D&amp;C to remove the pregnancy tissue and eventually recovered. &#8220;I\u2019ve never felt so powerless,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Lauren Miller<\/strong>, a 36-year-old woman in Texas, found herself unexpectedly needing abortion care after discovering that one of the twin boys she was carrying, whom she named Thomas, had fetal abnormalities that were incompatible with life. Miller had to travel to Colorado to have an abortion to save her healthy baby&#8217;s life. &#8220;Someday, I will hold my boys and tell them that I love them and that for a few weeks, they had a little brother named Thomas,&#8221; she told the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/days-desperation-diary-woman-forced-070006348.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Guardian.;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\"><em>Guardian.<\/em><\/a> &#8220;Thomas who never lived, but will be with us forever. I will explain that mercy can be heartbreaking. I will explain that the abortion for their brother was out of love.&#8221; Miller is now suing the state of Texas, alongside 14 other plaintiffs, for being denied access to life-saving abortion care; the lawsuit is backed by the Center for Reproductive Rights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <\/strong>Texas resident <strong>Amanda Eid<\/strong> became pregnant after a year and a half of fertility treatments, but her water broke just four months into her pregnancy. \u201cI just kept asking, \u2018Isn\u2019t there anything we can do?\u2019 And the answer was \u2018no,\u2019&#8221; she told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/texas-woman-almost-dies-because-111718558.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:CNN;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\">CNN<\/a>. Eid&#8217;s baby, who she named Willow, still had a heartbeat and, under Texas law, her doctors couldn&#8217;t intervene, even though the baby would not survive. Doctors told Eid to go home and wait for signs of a life-threatening infection. Three days later, it came. \u201cWe were having a heat wave, I think it was 105 degrees that day, and I was freezing cold, and I was shaking, my teeth were chattering,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I was trying to tell [her husband] Josh that I didn\u2019t feel good, and my teeth were chattering so hard that I could not even get the sentence out.&#8221; Eid was taken to the hospital, where she was given IV antibiotics and a blood transfusion. She still developed signs of sepsis and was taken to the ICU. Family members flew in from across the country because they feared she would die. Eid recovered, but her uterus suffered scarring from the infection, and she may not be able to have more children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022Jessica Bernardo<\/strong> spent years trying to conceive before becoming pregnant with her daughter, Emma. But Bernardo, who lives in Texas, discovered 14 weeks into her pregnancy that Emma had Down syndrome, along with an underdeveloped heart and a rare, deadly disorder called fetal anasarca, which causes fluid to build up in the fetus&#8217;s body. \u201cHe handed me a tissue box,\u201d Bernardo told the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/more-women-sue-texas-asking-123339247.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Associated Press;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\">Associated Press<\/a> of her doctor. \u201cI thought maybe the worst thing he was going to tell us was that she&#8217;s going to have Down syndrome. Instead, he said, \u2018I can tell you right away . . . she wouldn\u2019t make it.&#8217;\u201d Bernardo&#8217;s blood pressure started climbing and her ob-gyn met with her hospital&#8217;s ethics board to see if her pregnancy could be terminated. She was told Bernardo wasn&#8217;t sick enough, so Bernardo had to spend $7,000 to travel to Seattle to have an abortion. \u201cHad I not received an abortion, my life would have very likely been on the line,&#8221; Bernardo said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Mom of three <strong>Jaci Statton<\/strong> was diagnosed with a partial molar pregnancy \u2014 which is not viable \u2014 and three precancerous cysts in her uterus, but she was unable to receive the care she needed due to Oklahoma law. Statton was sent to several hospitals and repeatedly turned away. \u201cThey admitted me, did another ultrasound . . . and the cancer pockets had basically took over my placenta and the area around the baby,\u201d she told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/mom-needed-abortion-says-she-231224583.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Today;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\">Today<\/a>. \u201cA team of seven specialists came in . . . they told us: \u2018We can\u2019t do anything. You may have two weeks to live. The baby won\u2019t even make it to two weeks. You need an abortion, but we can\u2019t touch you.&#8217;\u201d Statton says doctors told her she could travel either to Kansas, Colorado or New Mexico for an abortion or \u201csit in the parking lot\u201d and wait to get worse. She and her husband traveled 3.5 hours to Kansas to get an abortion. Statton now says she&#8217;s &#8220;terrified to get pregnant again.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98It_has_been_devastating\"><\/span>&#8216;It has been devastating&#8217;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s hard to underscore enough the legal and public health chaos and crisis that has occurred,&#8221; Michelle Banker, director of reproductive rights and health litigation at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:7;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/nwlc.org\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:National Women's Law Center;cpos:7;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">National Women&#8217;s Law Center<\/a>, tells Yahoo Life. &#8220;This is the first time that a constitutional right has been taken away from us. It affects people in so many areas of their lives. From a legal standpoint, it&#8217;s been chaos. from a public health standpoint, it has been devastating.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While abortion bans are often designed to prevent women from accessing care for unwanted pregnancies, it has the unintended effect of causing devastation and life-threatening complications for women with desired pregnancies, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:8;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ansirh.org\/about\/staff\/katrina-kimport-phd\" data-ylk=\"slk:Katrina Kimport;cpos:8;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Katrina Kimport<\/a>, a qualitative medical sociologist at the University of California, San Francisco, whose research focuses on gender, health and reproduction, tells Yahoo Life. &#8220;The way that these bans are written ties the hands of doctors who are caring for people who have medical emergencies,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<p>Kimport adds: &#8220;There are a shocking and deeply upsetting number of ways that pregnancy can go wrong. It&#8217;s very consequential and serious. Doctors are not able to offer evidence-based medicine in states where abortion is banned or restricted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The end of reproductive rights that had been granted by <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> &#8220;definitely worsened U.S. maternal mortality rates,&#8221; Noreen Farrell, executive director of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:9;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.equalrights.org\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:Equal Rights Advocates;cpos:9;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Equal Rights Advocates<\/a>, tells Yahoo Life. &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t just impact access to abortion \u2014 these are resulting in clinics being shut down altogether. People who can become pregnant aren&#8217;t even able to access reproductive information or birth control.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Experts_say_its_crucial_to_vote\"><\/span>Experts say it&#8217;s crucial to vote<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The 2024 election may show fallout from all of this, say experts. &#8220;We know that Americans broadly support access to abortion care in the U.S.,&#8221; Kimport says. &#8220;Whether the legislation will catch up is an open question.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Banker says she&#8217;s hopeful that the status quo will improve in the near future. &#8220;I have hope,&#8221; she says. &#8220;So far, voters have voted to protect abortion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Farrell says it&#8217;s crucial for people to get out and vote in favor of reproductive rights. &#8220;The lives of millions are at risk if we don&#8217;t come together and fight for reproductive care and abortion access,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wellness, parenting, body image and more: Get to know the <\/strong><strong><em>who<\/em><\/strong><strong> behind the <\/strong><strong><em>hoo<\/em><\/strong><strong> with Yahoo Life&#8217;s newsletter. <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:10;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/subscription.yahoo.net\/Newsletter\/Preference\/sub?&amp;b=lifestyle&amp;src=232649067\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sign up here;cpos:10;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"><strong>Sign up here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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(Illustration: Yahoo News Visuals; photo: Getty Images) Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that guaranteed women in the U.S. the right to an abortion, was overturned a year ago with Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization. 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