drew widespread attention in large part because of the plaintiffs’ graphic, first-person accounts in court. In one particularly harrowing moment, a woman vomited on the stand when she recalled how abandoned she felt after she learned of her baby’s fatal anomalies.
she said. “Even outside the court of public opinion, the state may be failing to protect people’s right to life under the state constitution or another law.”accused reproductive rights advocates of creating “a fabrication to scare the public.”“All of the pro-life doctors I’ve talked to say that there is no state law that prohibits treating a pregnant women who is in emergent circumstances,” Aden said.
But Hearron said the Texas suit was revelatory to people who heard the testimony. “Many people who don’t think they know somebody who has had an abortion are now realizing it affects all of us,” he said.The testimony also encouraged women in other states to speak out about their experiences, he said.