Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban Linked to Deaths and a Rise in Sepsis Cases
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The bill comes after ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of three Texas women. It specifies that doctors don’t need to wait until an emergency is “imminent” to terminate pregnancies but leaves in steep penalties for those who violate the law.
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A pregnancy center can bill the state $14 for distributing diapers that cost the center just over $.25. And before parents can get those diapers, they must take a class that the center can bill the state $30 for each hour of class a client attends.

(Published July 2024)

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Due to Tennessee’s abortion ban, Mayron Hollis was forced to continue a pregnancy that threatened her life. An emergency delivery left her without a uterus and her baby with medical issues.

Our most-read story of 2024: https://propub.li/3W5ooDd

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#Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to State’s Strict #Abortion Ban After the Deaths of Two Women
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The new legislation, prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, comes after 111 Texas #doctors signed a public letter urging that the ban be changed because it “does not allow us as medical professionals to do our jobs."

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Since September, ProPublica has reported on five pregnant women who died after not receiving timely medical care under state #abortion bans: Amber Thurman, Candi Miller, Josseli Barnica, Nevaeh Crain and Porsha Ngumezi.

Here, our #ReproductiveHealth reporters discuss what they've learned in their investigations:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9t65CqMwys

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A Pregnant Teenager Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to #Texas Emergency Rooms
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It took three ER visits and 20 hours before a #hospital admitted Nevaeh Crain, 18, as her condition worsened.

Doctors insisted on two ultrasounds to confirm “fetal demise.”

She’s one of at least two Texas women who died under the state’s #abortion ban.

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