Abortion bans are driving high-risk patients to Chicago hospitals
Some of the strictest bans don’t allow patients with high-risk pregnancies to get an abortion unless the mother’s life is in imminent danger.
Over a year since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, more than a dozen states across the country have enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions. For patients with high-risk pregnancies, that often means traveling out of state to find reproductive care or delivering a child with little to no chance of surviving.
Reset learns more about the issue from a patient, a doctor and a reporter.
GUESTS: Kristen Schorsch, WBEZ public health and politics reporter
Emily, reproductive care patient
Dr. Laura Laursen, OB-GYN at Rush University Medical Center
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Abortion bans are driving high-risk patients to Chicago hospitals
Some of the strictest bans don’t allow patients with high-risk pregnancies to get an abortion unless the mother’s life is in imminent danger.
Over a year since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, more than a dozen states across the country have enacted abortion bans or severe restrictions. For patients with high-risk pregnancies, that often means traveling out of state to find reproductive care or delivering a child with little to no chance of surviving.
Reset learns more about the issue from a patient, a doctor and a reporter.
GUESTS: Kristen Schorsch, WBEZ public health and politics reporter
Emily, reproductive care patient
Dr. Laura Laursen, OB-GYN at Rush University Medical Center