Center Clients Featured on ABC News Special
Diane Sawyer and Rachel Scott interview women denied abortion care and report on the dire impact of abortion bans on pregnant people and physicians.
.@DianeSawyer & @RachelVScott spoke with 18 women about the hidden realities — and devastating consequences — of the medical exceptions in abortion laws across the country.
— Nightline (@Nightline) December 30, 2023
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In a primetime ABC News special with Diane Sawyer and Rachel Scott, “Impact by Nightline: On the Brink,” Center for Reproductive Rights plaintiffs were among the women who shared their experiences being denied medically necessary abortion care despite facing dangerous pregnancy complications and risks to their health, lives and future fertility.
The broadcast, which was initially released on Hulu and aired on ABC January 5, reported on the dire impact that state abortion bans are having on pregnant people and the severe penalties threatening physicians under the laws. The program is currently available on Hulu.
Among the Center’s plaintiffs shown were Kristen Anaya, Kylie Beaton, Jessica Bernardo, Samantha Casiano, Kiersten Hogan, Lauren Miller and Elizabeth Weller, of Texas; Jennifer Adkins of Idaho; and Allie Phillips of Tennessee.
“We are medical refugees—in the United States,” said Weller.
Watch clips from the show.
Plaintiff Jennifer Adkins, Adkins v. State of Idaho:
Plaintiff Kylie Beaton, Zurawski v. State of Texas:
Plaintiff Jessica Bernardo, Zurawski v. State of Texas:
Cases: Medical Exceptions to State Abortion Bans
Read more about the Center’s cases on behalf of women denied abortion care despite risks to their health, life and fertility.
Watch the special on Hulu:
Read more about the special:
- Part I: “Fighting for their lives: Women and the impact of abortion restrictions in post-Roe America,” ABC News, 12.14.23
- Part II: “Delayed and denied: Women pushed to death’s door for abortion care in post-Roe America,” ABC News, 12.14.23
- Part III: “In post-Roe America, women detail agony of being forced to carry nonviable pregnancies to term,” ABC News, 12.14.23