The Center for Reproductive Rights filed a similar lawsuit earlier this year in Texas on behalf of 13 women.
The Center for Reproductive Rights, a legal advocacy group, filed legal complaints in three Republican-led states on behalf of eight women who were denied what they said was medically necessary abortion care.
In that lawsuit, a Texas judge ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, but the state appealed the ruling, putting the case on hold. Nancy Northup, the president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights said since they filed the lawsuit, they've gotten numerous calls from women with similar stories. "That law forced me to carry a baby for months that was never going to live and easily could have killed me," Blackmon said."I should have been able to get an abortion in Tennessee and protect my own health."
However, health care officials said the exception added was not enough. Doctors in other states with similar exceptions agree.
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