"The law makes no exceptions for cases like hers, or for rape or incest. After it was implemented this year, it also places a felony penalty and fines of up to $100,000 for doctors who provide abortions after 24 weeks. OB-GYNs worry the law will make the state a less desirable place to work for maternal fetal medicine specialists.
Last year, Akey had watched, but not closely, as the bill moved through the State House, into the budget and into law.
'[At the time], I had no idea what kind of complications can come up late in pregnancy,' she said."
~ Lisa Akey to Alli Fam
"How N.H.’s abortion ban complicates this woman’s pregnancy | New Hampshire Public Radio"
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