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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Fredricka Whitfield 20240604 18:31:00

It around, knowing there s nothing you can do, it feels like it s like i can t grieve or move past it. reporter: dr. lillian shapiro has been an ob/gyn in atlanta for over 30 years. when a woman is walking around with a dead fetus for weeks because she can t get a surgical procedure, what s the danger to her? she can develop an infection that can make her sterile and never able to have children again. reporter: or even worse. the baby dies inside. the baby starts to release parts of its tissue. it can get into the mother s blood supply. it can cause organ failure. it can cause death. reporter: in texas and some other states, a doctor who does the right thing and surgically removes a dead fetus could be vulnerable to an expensive lawsuit. any private citizen can walk into court and say i think dr. smith performed an abortion. reporter: and citizens are incentivized to bring such ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Jim Acosta 20240604 21:47:00

Another ultrasound showing her dead fetus. so you were walking around carrying a dead fetus. and just emotionally carrying it around and knowing that there s nothing you can do, it just feels very it s like i can t grieve or move past it because i m just walking around carrying it. reporter: dr. lily ann shapiro has been an ob/gyn in atlanta for more than 30 years. when a woman is walking around with a dead fetus for weeks because she can t get a surgical procedure, what s the danger to her? she can develop an infection that can make her sterile and never able to have children again. reporter: or even worse. when the baby dies inside, the baby starts to release parts of its tissue that can get into the mother s blood supply. it can cause organ failure. it can cause death. reporter: in texas and some other states, a doctor who does the right thing and surgically removes a dead fetus could be vulnerable to an expensive lawsuit. ....

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Transcripts for CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto 20240604 13:48:00

Her? she can develop an infection that can make her sterile and never able to have children again. reporter: or even worse the baby dies inside, the baby starts to release parts of its tissue. it can get into the mother s blood supply. it can cause organ failure, it can cause death. reporter: in texas and some other states, a doctor who does the right thing and surgically removes a dead fetus could be vulnerable to an expensive lawsuit. any private citizen can walk into court and say, i think dr. smith performed an abortion. reporter: and citizens are incentivized to bring cases. they can win more than $10,000. even when doctors can prove the fetus was dead, the doctor still has to be responsible for their own legal fees. they re going to lose even though they win. and that s the chilling effect. they face this spectre of potentially endless ruinous litigation that they just can t stop. they can t avoid, they can t pre-empt. reporter: as i spoke with ....

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Transcripts for CNN New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar 20240604 11:40:00

Weeks because she can t get a surgical procedure, what s the danger to her? she can develop an infection that can make her sterile and never able to have children again. reporter: or even worse when the baby dies inside the baby starts to release parts of its tissue that can get into the mother s blood supply, it can cause organ failure, it can cause death. reporter: in texas and some other states a doctor who does the right thing and surgically removes a dead fetus could be vulnerable to an expensive lawsuit. any private citizen can walk into court and say i think dr. smith performed an abortion. reporter: and citizens are incentivized to bring such cases, they can win more than $10,000. and even when doctors can prove the fetus was dead the doctor still has to be responsible for their own legal fees. they will lose even though they win. and that s the chilling effect. they face this spectre of potentially endless ruinness ....

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