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ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions (newsie.social)
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ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.propublica.org/article/texas-a#News #Women #Health #Abortion #Pregnancy #Texas #Law #USPolitics

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@ProPublica Ugh I’m just a lowly EMT - not a doctor- and even I know that preeclampsia can lead to eclampsia which can lead to, as we say, seizure, coma, death.This is basic medical training that’s being, apparently, thrown out the window.

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