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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Boone

Women suing over Idaho's abortion ban describe dangerous pregnancies, becoming 'medical refugees'

Abortion Idaho Medical Exemption Lawsuit - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Four women suing over Idaho's strict abortion bans told a judge Tuesday how excitement over their pregnancies turned to grief and fear after they learned their fetuses were not likely to survive to birth — and how they had to leave the state to get abortions amid fears that pregnancy complications would put their own health in danger.

“We felt like we were being made refugees, medical refugees,” said Jennifer Adkins, one of the plaintiffs in the case.

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