Louisiana woman whose fetus had no skull travels 1,400 miles for abortion
A pregnant Louisiana woman whose fetus didn't develop a skull in her womb traveled 1,400 miles to New York to have an abortion after a Baton Rouge hospital denied her the procedure because of a new state law banning virtually all abortions.
The Guardian first reported Wednesday that Nancy Davis had an abortion at a Manhattan Planned Parenthood clinic on Sept. 1. USA Today Network has reached out to Davis and her attorney Ben Crump for comment.
Davis, whose story has generated national interest, was forced to seek donations for travel to a state where abortions are legal after Davis said she was denied an abortion at Woman's Hospital in Baton Rouge.
Louisiana's Legislature passed and Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a law this summer that outlaws virtually all abortions with exceptions only for the life of the mother or for "medically futile" pregnancies.
Opponents of the law have argued in court that its exceptions are too vague for ordinary citizens and even doctors to understand and that doctors and hospitals are afraid to take the legal risk of performing any abortion.
"Basically, they said I had to carry my baby to bury my baby," Davis said during a late August press conference at the Louisiana Capitol.
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