She needed an abortion but KY’s ban prevented it. “Somebody is going to die,” doctors warn.

Synopsis

Genevieve Postlethwait and her husband, Stephen, spoke with the Lexington Herald Leader’s Alex Acquisto about how they were denied an abortion in Kentucky. Geneveive’s water broke less than four months into her pregnancy, a complication that stopped the development of her pregnancy and put her health at serious risk. Her doctor refused to provide an abortion because of his own religious beliefs and the state’s abortion ban. Left without guidance, Genevieve turned to a friend who had also been forced to leave the state for an abortion, texting to ask where she could find a provider who could actually help her. That advice led Geneveive and Stephen to a clinic in Illinois, where she was able to get the abortion she needed.