Oklahoma's Confusing Abortion Policies Leave Women Waiting Until They're in Crisis

A new study shows that hospitals in Oklahoma are struggling to interpret the state's three overlapping abortion bans, resulting in dangerous consequences for women seeking abortion care. Researchers found that most hospitals could not provide any information about their policies or procedures or explain what support would be provided to doctors who determine that an abortion is necessary to save a patient's life. The confusion is having dangerous consequences for women, including one woman who was told to wait until she was "crashing" before receiving abortion care for a cancerous molar pregnancy.