More than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms were 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,

  • @foggy
    7•3 months ago

    I’ve never had to think less about blocking someone.