Woman sues KU hospital for denial of emergency abortion

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A woman claims she was denied an abortion at the University of Kansas Health System because of politics. Now she's suing the hospital in federal court.

Several law firms filed the suit on behalf of Mylissa Farmer.

Farmer, who lived near Joplin, Missouri at the time, was experiencing pregnancy complications on August 2nd, 2022. After calling her doctor, she was advised to go to the emergency room.

Doctors at the local ER determined she was having a miscarriage but...