Tragedy of pregnant women in Texas: how abortion laws are killing lives
2 november 2024 в 02:13
Nevaeh Crane was supposed to celebrate her 20th birthday this year. Instead, in 2023, a pregnant teenager from Texas lost her life after three urgent visits to different emergency rooms.
The tragic case of Crane highlights the impact of the growing anti-abortion movement, which severely restricts access to necessary reproductive medical care for many Americans. This issue is not limited to just Texas; it extends to states like Georgia, where similar situations have arisen, including the case of Amber Thurman.
Here is everything you need to know about Crane’s preventable death, abortion laws in Texas, and others who have been affected by it.
In October 2023, Crane visited two different emergency rooms within a 12-hour period, each time returning home with worsening symptoms. During her first visit, she was diagnosed with just tonsillitis, and the hospital did not pay attention to her severe abdominal pain, as reported by ProPublica.
Even as her organs were failing, they waited for confirmation of the «fetal demise» before intervening.
Medical records show that on her second visit, Crane tested positive for sepsis. Despite this alarming diagnosis, doctors discharged her after confirming that her six-month-old fetus still had a heartbeat.
On the third hospital visit, Crane was finally admitted to the ICU after a midwife insisted on two ultrasounds to confirm the fetal death, according to ProPublica. Tragically, she died just a few hours later from organ failure, and a nurse noted that her lips had turned «blue and dull».
At present, Texas has some of the strictest abortion laws in the United States. Here are the key points:
So far, Joselle Barnica is the only other woman in Texas whose death has been reported as a result of the state’s abortion ban.
On September 3, 2021, Barnica, who already had a daughter, was 17 weeks pregnant and experiencing a «miscarriage in progress», - as noted in her medical records. Due to restrictive laws, she had to wait until the «heartbeat stopped», - which happened almost 40 hours later. She died three days later from an infection.
Medical experts who reviewed Barnica’s medical records and autopsy at the request of ProPublica consider her death «preventable», - describing her case as «horrific», - «shocking», - and «outrageous».
Both Crane and Barnica intended to carry their pregnancies to term, hoping to bring their children home safely. However, complications and increasingly strict abortion laws delayed necessary medical care, ultimately costing the lives of both women and their children
The tragic case of Crane highlights the impact of the growing anti-abortion movement, which severely restricts access to necessary reproductive medical care for many Americans. This issue is not limited to just Texas; it extends to states like Georgia, where similar situations have arisen, including the case of Amber Thurman.
Here is everything you need to know about Crane’s preventable death, abortion laws in Texas, and others who have been affected by it.
In October 2023, Crane visited two different emergency rooms within a 12-hour period, each time returning home with worsening symptoms. During her first visit, she was diagnosed with just tonsillitis, and the hospital did not pay attention to her severe abdominal pain, as reported by ProPublica.
Even as her organs were failing, they waited for confirmation of the «fetal demise» before intervening.
Medical records show that on her second visit, Crane tested positive for sepsis. Despite this alarming diagnosis, doctors discharged her after confirming that her six-month-old fetus still had a heartbeat.
On the third hospital visit, Crane was finally admitted to the ICU after a midwife insisted on two ultrasounds to confirm the fetal death, according to ProPublica. Tragically, she died just a few hours later from organ failure, and a nurse noted that her lips had turned «blue and dull».
At present, Texas has some of the strictest abortion laws in the United States. Here are the key points:
So far, Joselle Barnica is the only other woman in Texas whose death has been reported as a result of the state’s abortion ban.
On September 3, 2021, Barnica, who already had a daughter, was 17 weeks pregnant and experiencing a «miscarriage in progress», - as noted in her medical records. Due to restrictive laws, she had to wait until the «heartbeat stopped», - which happened almost 40 hours later. She died three days later from an infection.
Medical experts who reviewed Barnica’s medical records and autopsy at the request of ProPublica consider her death «preventable», - describing her case as «horrific», - «shocking», - and «outrageous».
Both Crane and Barnica intended to carry their pregnancies to term, hoping to bring their children home safely. However, complications and increasingly strict abortion laws delayed necessary medical care, ultimately costing the lives of both women and their children
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