the preventable harm inflicted on me will medically make it harder than it already was for me to get pregnant again i made it one of the first who was affected by the overturnin of roe in texas but i certainly not the last more people have been and will continue to be harmed unti what we do something about it. until we do something about it amanda s doing something about it she and for a woman who tonigh abortions even when pregnanc endangered their lives are suing the state of texas ove its abortion ban according to the associate press quoted the group wants clarification of the law which they say is written vaguely an has made medical professionals wary of facing liability if th state does not consider th situation a medical emergency. joining me now is nancy nort america, president ceo of th center for reproductive rights and, organizational writin legal representation for these women. nancy, good to see you nancy, you know have talke about this for a year almost now. this thing
now you re in a world wher they re going to criminalize women, women will die or women will not get the health care that they need to prevent them from dying it is dangerous to be pregnant in any state that ban abortion if you have a pregnanc complication, you cannot get the care that you need which was amanda s case. or you re forced to leave th state and that is not a good thing to do when you re in the middle of a pregnanc complication not to mention that everyone has the means to do that it makes it really clear tha pregnancy is in danger in an state that has an abortion ban at like texas. and yes, in our complaint, which is 91 pages long, we not only detail the stories of the five women who come forward to texas. we also put in these stories o other people in texas. and in other states. louisiana, alabama, florida, ohio, and more they re having the sam
out there it s helping people understand that this is real and it is really happening and it could happen to their wife or their daughter or their aunt and i think that s what s really needed in order to make a change. nancy, as doctors like amanda s doctor frankly struggled to navigate what this medical exception means, whether they decide to somehow speak in a code, which it sounds like has happened in different cases. what would your legal advice be to an o bchlb/gyn in texas whend with a complication like amanda was facing. you know, there are also two obstetricians who are plaintiffs in this lawsuit because they ve come forward to say we can t practice medicine the way we are trained, we can t give the care that we know that our patients deserve to have. and, look, they re stuck in an unacceptable position because they want to give the care to their patients, they know that abortion care is part of what needs to be done in a pregnancy
health deteriorated. doctors performed an abortion, but serious infections led to sepsis and amanda spent three days in the icu. because of the law i very nearly died. nothing about this is pro life. reporter: now amanda is part of a group of seven plaintiffs represented by the center for reproductive rights who plan to file a lawsuit against the state of texas tonight. until there is a legal fight, nothing s going to change. and something has to change. reporter: but john sego, president of texas right to life, who helped craft the texas heartbeat act, says the law is clear as written and that doctors like amanda s are misinterpreting it. if they are saying they have to delay and wait the days like you re talking about, that is medical malpractice. but if it is uncertain that this child may survive or may not, texas is saying we don t jump to conclusions. doctors are saying the law is not clear and as a result i m going to act on the side of being cautious
and that means that i might have to wait for a woman to get sicker and sicker before i can perform an abortion that i know she needs. that s the wrong conclusion. reporter: nancy northup is the president of the center for reproductive rights. the issue here is not that the doctors are being too cautious. the reality is without clarification of this texas law, without a change in the circumstances that are happening today it is going to come that women are going to die. reporter: seago disagrees. the law is not putting lives in danger. the law is black and white about what a doctor can do and what he cannot do. does it ever give you pause that there are situations that have happened after this law where women s lives have been put at risk? yes. our mission is to save lives. so the fact that some women s lives have been jeopardized is something that we take very seriously. little outfit. reporter: amanda and josh are still grieving their loss. i know. damn onesie ge