"Tennessee Woman Sues Over 'Bizarre and Painful' Abortion Experience"

Kathryn Archer, a Tennessee resident, had to wait over three weeks for an out-of-state abortion due to the state's near-total abortion ban, despite her fetus being diagnosed with severe anomalies that made survival unlikely. She is now one of seven women suing Tennessee to clarify the scope of the state's exception for medically necessary abortions, which they argue is too vague and unworkable. The lawsuit aims to establish that doctors can use their "good faith medical judgement" to perform abortions when continuing a pregnancy would be unsafe, and to allow abortions in cases where a fetus is unlikely to survive.