Two Texas women who were facing life-threatening pregnancies are asking the federal government to step in, saying the hospital they went to refused them abortions despite the danger they faced.

The two women ended up having to wait so long for treatment, their future fertility is now irrevocably altered.

For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Naomi Cahn, Law Professor and an expert in family law, feminist jurisprudence and reproductive rights at the University of Virginia.

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