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A woman died after being told it would be a ‘crime’ to intervene in her miscarriage at a Texas hospital | CNN

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Josseli Barnica , 28 , was 17 weeks pregnant and a miscarriage was “in progress’s in progress,” doctors noted in hospital records.

At that point, they should have offered to speed up the delivery or empty her uterus to stave off a deadly infection.

ProPublica is working to fill gaps in knowledge about the consequences of abortion bans in the United States .

Two Georgia women whose deaths were deemed “preventable” by state’s maternal mortality review committee.

Dozens of women have said they faced dangers when they were denied abortions starting in 2021 .

Some of the ban's most prominent supporters have muted their public enthusiasm for it.

Lawmakers have made small concessions to clarify two exceptions for medical emergencies.

HCA Healthcare will not disclose whether it has a policy on how to treat miscarriages.

Even three years after Barnica ’s death, the hospital chain that treated Barnica won’t disclose its policy.

Some HCA shareholders have asked the company to prepare a report on the risks of abortion bans in states that restrict abortion.

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