Amanda Zurawski, who nearly died after being denied an abortion, has been fighting to clarify the medical exception to Texas law for years. For the first time, Republicans might be willing to take up the issue.
Anna Zargarian, Lauren Miller, Lauren Hall and Amanda Zurawski attend a press conference hosted by the Center for Reproductive Rights at the state Capitol in 2023.
When Zurawski was pregnant in 2022, her water broke far too early, just 18 weeks into her pregnancy. Although a miscarriage was inevitable, her doctors said they could not legally induce labor until her life was immediately at risk. She eventually went into sepsis and spent three days in the intensive care unit; her baby was delivered stillborn.America and spoke on the issue for the Harris-Walz campaign.
Doctors can lose their medical licenses, face up to 99 years in prison and pay $100,000 or more in fines if they perform an illegal abortion. Zurawski said she's skeptical that state lawmakers have the will to address the issue – pointing to how it has been punted between branches of the government over the past two years.
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