As Emily Waldorf languished in an Arkansas hospital, she felt like “a ticking time bomb”. Waldorf’s sister, Elizabeth, called the office of Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the Republican governor of Arkansas, to ask for help. On Wednesday, Waldorf, an OB-GYN and three other Arkansas women who say they were also blocked from getting abortions sued the state in an attempt to strike down its near-total abortion ban. Two of the women say that, like Waldorf, they were denied abortions even though their pregnancies had effectively ended. I was violated and put into extreme danger and living in a state like Arkansas – I was royally fucked.”

Source: The Guardian January 29, 2026 20:16 UTC