Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are turned away from ERs despite federal law
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More than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms have been turned away or negligently treated since 2022.

In Texas, where doctors face up to 99 years of prison if convicted of performing an illegal abortion, medical and legal experts say the law is complicating decision-making around emergency pregnancy care.

Although the state law says termination of ectopic pregnancies is not considered abortion, the draconian penalties scare Texas doctors from treating those patients,

  • xmunk@sh.itjust.works
    36·
    1 year ago

    Alternatively, we could not have laws that jail doctors from doing the right thing.

    The real coward’s choice would be to simply leave the state. These laws are absolutely draconian and awful and there are no good choices.

    • Fedizen@lemmy.worldBanned from community
      3·
      1 year ago

      Honestly we should have a constitutional amendment that “congress nor the states shall make no law to prevent people from obtaining a medical procedure if they cannot show it is worse than not undergoing the procedure for the person seeking care.” This would also pre-empt trans healthcare bans, as a plus.