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Nancy Davis has been through hell, and wants lawmakers to do something about it—if only to spare other women the nightmare she is still navigating.
The 36-year-old from Louisiana discovered at around 10 weeks of pregnancy that her fetus was afflicted with a rare and fatal condition called acrania, which means it effectively has no skull, and no chance of survival. But she was unable to get an abortion, she and her lawyers have said, because health professionals were terrified of running afoul of harsh anti-abortion legislation in her home state.
That has made her something of a symbol for the absurd patchwork of alleged exceptions to abortion bans that often leave women in danger in post Roe v. Wade America. On Friday, Davis and her attorneys demanded the Democratic governor in the state, a stronghold of anti-abortion extremism, call a special session to clarify exceptions that save lives.