Submitted photo of Caitlin Draper. Photo courtesy of Caitlin Draper.
The Democratic nominee for Arkansas' 3rd Congressional District found out Monday her pregnancy is not viable after four years of in vitro fertilization attempts -- possibly endangering her life under Arkansas law, she said in a phone interview Wednesday.
Candidate Caitlin Draper of Fayetteville asked her doctor if she can obtain an abortion in Arkansas if she needs one, she said. "She doesn't know," according to Draper.
"I can't grapple that my life is at risk because of extremism," Draper said. "Politicians do not need to be practicing medicine.
"Would you want politicians treating one of your loved ones for cancer?"
An Arkansas law banning abortions except to save a pregnant woman's life in a medical emergency took effect in June 2022, after the U.S.
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