Because of Texas abortion law, her wanted pregnancy became a medical nightmare

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Carrie Feibel
July 26, 2022

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A woman suffers a second trimester pregnancy complication, with a fatal prognosis for her fetus. The abortion ban in Texas says doctors must wait until she gets sick enough to qualify as a "medical emergency," but no one seems to know what "medical emergency" means.

This Texas woman’s story of suffering a pregnancy complication at 18 weeks of pregnancy left her fetus virtually no chance for to survive, and left her at increased risk for severe infection. Doctors in Texas faced the uncertainty of whether this constitutes a “medical emergency” that would legally allow them to treat her. This woman describes what it was like to go through this process, and ObGyns are interviewed to provide context to the clinical care. Clinically very accurate.

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