(NEW YORK) A Texas woman said she had to wait until she developed sepsis before physicians could provide her with life-saving abortion care. Texas has several abortion bans in place that prohibit nearly all abortions, except when a mother's life is at risk or there is a risk of serious bodily harm. The state
Kevin Le(NEW YORK) A Texas woman said she had to wait until she developed sepsis before physicians could provide her with life-saving abortion care.
Texas has several abortion bans in place that prohibit nearly all abortions, except when a mother s life is at risk or there is a risk of serious bodily harm. The state has civil and criminal penalties for performing banned abortions.
One of the bans prohibits abortions after fetal cardiac activity has been detected, which meant that doctors couldn t provide her immediate emergency care, which she would have had access to in states where abortion is not banned or restricted.
Kristen Anaya s medical records, obtained by ABC News, show she waited 22 hours between when she was admitted to the hospital to when she delivered her baby, despite her spiking a fever and shaking uncontrollably within an hour of arriving.
Anaya said she and her husband Stephen went to see a specialist two years into their marriage, hoping to get pregnant.
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