REQIUM
RIP Nevaeh Crain, an 18-year old, pregnant Texas women who, crying in pain, too weak to walk, blood staining down her thighs. feverish and vomiting, had gone to two different ER’s within 12 hours seeking emergency medical assistance.
Both times she was returned home, each time worse than before, even after having been tested positive for sepsis. In fact, Nevaeh was suffering a miscarriage.
In each case, doctors were afraid because of Texas’ severe anti-abortion law which said that doctors couldn’t do anything to remove her viable fetus unless the patient’s was at risk. Violating he law could result in penalties ranging from massive fines to losing their medical license to time in prison.
In both cases, the doctors deferred on the side of their own safety and self-interest. By the time Ms. Crain got to the third ER it was too late. Diagnosed with “fetal demise,” her condition worsened and she died.
In my never-to-be-humble opinion, the both the Texas State Legislature which passed the law and Texas Governor Abbott who signed it killed this young woman as surely as if they had plunged in a knife. With blood on their hands, they will never be held accountable for the death of Nevaeh Crain.
The moral to this story: In Texas,
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