group of women suing the state of texas, saying they were denied necessary and potentially life-saving obstetrical care because medical professionals throughout the state liability unders. the lawsuit was originally filed in march. eight more women doing today. in march, a spokesperson for texas attorney general ken paxton said in a statement that paxton will continue to defend and enforce the laws newly enacted by the texas legisla legislature. examples in the women who come forward in this lawsuit is that their doctors have gone to the hospital boards seeking to have the permission to terminate a pregnancy. the boards are saying now. and so they have to go back to their patients and say there's nothing that we can do. the suit is the first to be filed by women impacted by statewide abortion bans since the supreme court overturned roe versus wade last year. 15 states now have either a total or six-week abortion ban. for many women, even >> they say the because they have an end exception for life for saving your life that is okay. in reality, those are not met and we see that in this case in texas. where the lead plaintiff had a life-threatening complication. she ende