Pregnant Texas woman threatened with arrest if she left hospital to seek abortion: lawsuit

A new lawsuit against the state of Texas reveals additional horror stories that have occurred thanks to the state's strict anti-abortion laws.

ABC News reports that eight Texas woman have joined a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights, with all of the women alleging that Texas' abortion ban put their lives in jeopardy.

Among the plaintiffs in the case is a woman named Kiersten Hogan, who says that she was rushed to the hospital when her water broke prematurely and who was told that she could not get an abortion legally until she became significantly ill, even though there was little chance of her baby being able to live outside the womb.

What's more, Hogan says she was threatened with arrest if she left the hospital to seek care elsewhere, and she was kept there until she gave birth to her stillborn son in a hospital bathroom.

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Another plaintiff in the lawsuit is a woman named Samantha Casiano, who says that she was forced to carry a nonviable pregnancy to term and whose daughter only live for four hours after being born.

What's more, ABC News adds, "she could only afford a gravestone after a story was written about her and members of the public contributed to her fundraising website."

Abortion has become a major political issue in the United States, and many political analysts have argued that recent upset Democratic victories in elections across the country are due in good part to the party's support for abortion rights.