Her abortion experience was ‘bizarre and painful’. Now she’s suing Tennessee

Kathryn Archer could not terminate her pregnancy in her home state and, instead, had to wait more than three weeks for an emergency abortion at an out-of-state abortion clinic

In January 2023, whenever Kathryn Archer took her young daughter out to the local playground in Nashville, Tennessee, strangers often noticed her visibly pregnant stomach and wanted to make small talk.

When are you due?" they would ask Archer. Do you know if you're having a boy or a girl?" Oh, I bet your daughter's so excited to be a big sister."

This article was amended on 4 April 2024 to correct a quotation from Kathryn Archer in which she said a one-day procedure turned into two-day procedure, not into a three-day procedure as originally quoted.