Brittany Watts of Ohio was pregnant. Brittany Watts was in peril.
She had been passing blood clots. So she had gone to see her doctor. There was still a heartbeat, the doctor told her, but there was no prospect of the foetus surviving. And she faced the very real risk of dying if she didn’t go to hospital to have the labour induced.
This is where it gets complicated if your state has tough abortion laws. Having your labour induced in this way would amount to an abortion.
