Oklahoma Mothers Sue over Abortion Ban for Fatal Fetal Conditions
The lawsuit says two women spent thousands to travel out of state after doctors said their pregnancies would end in stillbirth or death.
- On Wednesday, two Oklahoma mothers, Magon Hoffman and Sheena Hamlin, sued state officials in Oklahoma County District Court, challenging abortion bans that forced them to leave the state to terminate unviable pregnancies.
- Oklahoma law currently bans abortion except to save a mother's life, forcing patients with fatal fetal diagnoses to travel elsewhere. Plaintiffs argue these restrictions violate constitutional rights to life and liberty.
- After receiving fatal fetal diagnoses, Hoffman paid $3,000 in New Mexico for anencephaly care while Hamlin spent $4,000 in Illinois for Meckel-Gruber syndrome care. Both mothers were warned their pregnancies would not result in surviving children.
- Naming Attorney General Gentner Drummond and Health Commissioner Keith Reed as defendants, the lawsuit is led by the Center for Reproductive Rights and cites the 2023 Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling on life-saving care.
- Plaintiffs seek to ensure no other families endure similar suffering by challenging multiple state bans, including a 1910 law. Nancy Northup, CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, called the state's enforcement "pure cruelty.
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Lawsuit filed on behalf of women facing fatal fetal diagnoses forced to leave Oklahoma for abortions
The Center for Reproductive Rights has filed a lawsuit on behalf of two Oklahoma women who were allegedly forced to leave the state for abortions even though they faced fatal fetal diagnoses.
Women sue Oklahoma after traveling for abortions following fetal diagnoses
Two women challenging the state’s strict anti-abortion law were told by medical professionals early in their pregnancies that they would end in miscarriage, stillbirth or the death of their newborns within hours or days.
OKLAHOMA VOICE: Mothers, reproductive rights group sue Oklahoma officials over abortion ban
OKLAHOMA CITY — Two Oklahoma mothers, who said they were forced to leave the state in order to terminate nonviable pregnancies, sued state leaders Wednesday, challenging the limits of the state’s abortion ban.
2 Oklahoma Women Are Suing the State for Being Denied Emergency Abortions
Magon Hoffman first learned she was pregnant in September 2022—about four months after Oklahoma’s total abortion ban went into effect earlier in May. She and her husband were “thrilled”: They had a daughter, and they wanted another child. At about 14 weeks, however, Hoffman woke up heavily bleeding, called her doctor, and was taken in for an appointment the next day. She was sent home still bleeding—and proceeded to keep bleeding for weeks after…
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