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Despite dangerous pregnancy complications, abortions denied

Dr. Kristina Tocce sits for a portrait in the Planned Parenthood offices in east Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Tocce, medical director for Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, said she’s seen patients with life-threatening diagnoses forced to drive 10 hours or more, or fly out of state, to get abortions so they can begin chemotherapy or radiation treatment. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Dr. Kristina Tocce sits for a portrait in the Planned Parenthood offices in east Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Tocce, medical director for Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, said she’s seen patients with life-threatening diagnoses forced to drive 10 hours or more, or fly out of state, to get abortions so they can begin chemotherapy or radiation treatment. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Dr. Kristina Tocce stands for a portrait in the Planned Parenthood offices in east Denver on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Tocce said she recently treated a Texas woman whose cancer had gone into remission but came back aggressively after she became pregnant with her second child. She sought an abortion to resume the cancer treatment that promised to keep her alive for her toddler. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)