Kentucky is a dangerous place to be pregnant.

Now, that's what one group of doctors say regarding the state's near-total abortion ban.

Today, Kentucky physicians for Reproductive Freedom presented a letter signed by over 600 600 doctors, rather calling for legislators to repeal the ban.

Our Mackenzie Spink brings us their concerns and the story of one Kentucky woman who nearly died after receiving delayed care for a pregnancy complication.

A warning that this story contains some graphic details that might seem unsettling.

Last year, lawmakers passed House Bill 90, which says medically necessary interventions are excluded from the abortion ban.

One year later, physicians are saying it didn't clear the waters and that doctors continue to withhold lifesaving care for fear of legal repercussions.

HB 90 was quickly passed last year without input from the broader medical community, supposedly to clarify exceptions, but nothing changed.

It only created more confusion.

And felony threats remain, and this reinforces the chilling effects providers continue to experience.

Could I be arrested for providin Could I be sued civilly and lose everything my family and I have worked for?

Could I lose my license to practice medicine?

Will the hospital defend me.

With their legal resources, or.

Will I have to hire my.

Own lawyer?

One reproductive health advocate from Louisville shared her experience of nearly dying and requiring emergency surgery because of delays in care for her pregnancy complications.

When I suffered a devastating pregnancy complication, I nearly lost my life and sadly lost my baby.

I knew something was wrong, and I had to relentlessly self-advocate through excruciating pain and fear just to be heard.

Even in the scariest moment of my life, I carry the burden of not feeling seen or heard or protected.

A few caring healthcare professionals later told me the reason I had to wait.

And so I was on the brink of death to Westminster.

Emergency surgery was due to state laws.

Considering the fact that black women face a 3 to 4 times higher risk of maternal death than other races, words the fight for our rights lives.

Another advocate shared stories from nurses who have witnessed prolonged miscarriages and other dangerous medical situations.

They say were a result of the legal restrictions on abortion as medical care.

A patient was forced to endure labor for days after her water broke prematurely at 19 weeks.

She stated how do you explain to a tearful mother having painful contractions, whose fetus has been partially burst in her cervix for two days?

That there is nothing anyone can legally do until the heart stops beating.

How do you comfort the family as they feel guilty for wishing their child's heartbeat to stop so they can get the medications they need just to dilate the cervix and expedite the delivery?

Religious leaders from around the state joined the physicians for Reproductive Freedom at the Capitol, expressing their support for ending the ban on abortion in the state.

For Kentucky edition, I'm Mackenzie Spink.

Thank you.

Mackenzie.

Kentucky Right to Life opposes multiple bills that would expand abortion and weaken protections for the unborn.