Pro-lifers keep killing women and their children

Pro-lifers keep killing women and their children November 4, 2024

A pregnant teenager died after trying to get care in three visits to Texas emergency rooms

… ProPublica condensed more than 800 pages of Crain’s medical records into a four-page timeline in consultation with two maternal-fetal medicine specialists; reporters reviewed it with nine doctors, including researchers at prestigious universities, OB-GYNs who regularly handle miscarriages, and experts in emergency medicine and maternal health.

Some said the first ER missed warning signs of infection that deserved attention. All said that the doctor at the second hospital should never have sent Crain home when her signs of sepsis hadn’t improved. And when she returned for the third time, all said there was no medical reason to make her wait for two ultrasounds before taking aggressive action to save her.

… While they were not certain from looking at the records provided that Crain’s death could have been prevented, they said it may have been possible to save both the teenager and her fetus if she had been admitted earlier for close monitoring and continuous treatment.

There was a chance Crain could have remained pregnant, they said. If she had needed an early delivery, the hospital was well-equipped to care for a baby on the edge of viability. In another scenario, if the infection had gone too far, ending the pregnancy might have been necessary to save Crain.

Nevaeh Crain was not seeking an abortion, but she and the baby she hoped to have both died because of Texas’ anti-abortion laws.

And the “pro-life” movement refuses to look, turning away their heads and muttering about omelettes and eggs.

Karen Gillan as Amy Pond in "The Eleventh Hour."
“Exactly where you don’t want to look, where you never want to look. The corner of your eye. Look behind you.”

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