More than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms have been turned away or negligently treated since 2022.
Emergency room doctors at Ascension Seton Williamson in Texas handed her a pamphlet on miscarriage and told her to “let nature take its course” before discharging her without treatment for her ectopic pregnancy.When the 25-year-old returned three days later, still bleeding, doctors finally agreed to give her an injection to end the pregnancy. It was too late. The fertilized egg growing on Thurman’s fallopian tube ruptured it, destroying part of her reproductive system.
The organization filed complaints last week with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service alleging that different Texas emergency rooms failed to treat two patients, including Thurman, with ectopic pregnancies.says Kelsie Norris-De La Cruz, 25, lost a fallopian tube and most of an ovary after an Arlington, Texas, hospital sent her home without treating her ectopic pregnancy, even after a doctor said discharge was “not in her best interest.
Texas Right to Life Director John Seago said state law protects doctors from prosecution for terminating ectopic pregnancies, even if a doctor “makes a mistake” in diagnosing it.“Sending a woman back home is completely unnecessary, completely dangerous,” Seago said. When Thurman returned to Ascension Seton Williamson a third time, her OB-GYN told her she’d need surgery to remove the fallopian tube, which had ruptured. Thurman, still heavily bleeding, balked. Losing the tube would jeopardize her fertility.“She came in and she’s like, you’re either going to have to have a blood transfusion, or you’re going to have to have surgery or you’re going to bleed out,” Thurman said, through tears. “That’s when I just kind of was like, ‘Oh my God, I’m, I’m dying.
Texas Associated Press Thurman Center Reproductive Rights Kyleigh Thurman
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Dozens of pregnant women being turned away from ERs despite federal lawMore than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms were turned away or negligently treated since 2022
Read more »
Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, turned away from ERs despite federal lawMore than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms were turned away or negligently treated since 2022, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal hospital investigations.
Read more »
Dozens of pregnant women being turned away from ERs despite lawMore than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms were turned away or negligently treated since 2022. That's according to an Associated Press analysis of federal hospital investigations.
Read more »
Police: Dozens of dead animal remains found inside Altoona home; two women chargedAuthorities in Blair County say two women are behind bars following a lengthy animal cruelty investigation that stemmed from a house fire in Altoona earlier thi
Read more »
Trump and Vance Have Backed States That Want to Surveil Pregnant WomenDonald Trump and J.D. Vance have said states with abortion bans should be able to monitor women’s pregnancies.
Read more »
Iowa now bans most abortions after about 6 weeks, before many women know they're pregnantThe cutoff for abortions in Iowa after about six weeks of pregnancy is before many women even know they are pregnant.
Read more »