Abortion laws in Texas, Wisconsin forcing pregnant women to wait for care
Abortion laws in Wisconsin and Texas force pregnant women to wait for life-saving care.
Three days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Melissa Janssen’s water broke.
But Janssen, 35, was just 18 weeks pregnant, too early for the baby to have a good chance of survival.
“I was in absolute shock and just kind of numb,” she said.
Doctors told Janssen she had two options. First, she could wait and see, although the baby most likely would die and she’d be at increasing risk for sepsis, a dangerous infection.
Melissa Janssen with her husband, Mijail Constante. Janssen's water broke when she was just 18 weeks pregnant, most likely too early for the baby to survive.Courtesy Melissa JanssenHer other option was to terminate the pregnancy. But Janssen lives in Wisconsin, which immediately banned nearly all abortions once Roe was overturned in late June.
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