“One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency room couldn’t offer an ultrasound. The baby later died.”

“Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal.”

“The cases raise alarms about the state of emergency pregnancy care in the U.S., especially in states that enacted strict abortion laws and sparked confusion around the treatment doctors can provide.”

  • El Barto
    link
    fedilink
    197 months ago

    I hate Trump as much as the next guy. But let’s get real. The GOP did this.

    Remember when the GOP shut down the government twice under Obama? I remember. I never forgave them for that.

    • @frezik@midwest.social
      link
      fedilink
      27 months ago

      It’s the argument that Never Trumpers love. “Trump isn’t a real Republican and we didn’t want this. We merely setup all the conditions for someone like Trump to come along and eat the party whole.”