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Hospitals denied miscarriage care despite clarification to abortion ban, federal complaint alleges
Callaway says the hospitals sent her home despite infection and bleeding, and her complaint cites federal law requiring stabilizing miscarriage treatment.
- On Monday, Lynn Callaway filed a federal complaint against Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Round Rock and St. David's Round Rock Medical Center, alleging they violated the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act by denying her miscarriage care.
- Texas's strict abortion ban has left doctors hesitant to treat miscarriages, with Callaway told that emergency rooms would 'have to be damned sure that it' is an actual miscarriage before intervening.
- At St. David's, a physician assistant confirmed Callaway had an infection, yet she was sent home to endure the miscarriage as her hCG levels dropped from 688 mIU/mL to 130 mIU/mL.
- Enforcement of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act remains delayed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's 2022 lawsuit, with officials describing adjudication as 'interminable.'
- Diagnosed with PTSD since the miscarriage, Callaway struggles to imagine expanding her family, contrasting her U.S. experience with care received in the Portuguese countryside where doctors immediately addressed retained tissue.
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Hospitals denied miscarriage care despite clarification to abortion ban, federal complaint alleges
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