Pregnant Teenager Nevaeh Crain Died After Trying to Get Care in Three Visits to Texas Emergency Rooms

[essentialsaltes]

The first hospital diagnosed her with strep throat without investigating her sharp abdominal cramps. At the second, she screened positive for sepsis, a life-threatening and fast-moving reaction to an infection, medical records show. But doctors said her six-month fetus had a heartbeat and that Crain was fine to leave.

Now on Crain’s third hospital visit, an obstetrician insisted on two ultrasounds to “confirm fetal demise,” a nurse wrote, before moving her to intensive care.

By then, more than two hours after her arrival, Crain’s blood pressure had plummeted and a nurse had noted that her lips were “blue and dusky.” Her organs began failing.

Hours later, she was dead.

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There is a federal law to prevent emergency room doctors from withholding lifesaving care.

No state has done more to fight this interpretation than Texas, which has warned doctors that its abortion ban supersedes the administration’s guidance on federal law, and that they can face up to 99 years in prison for violating it.

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Currently, the courts have blocked the federal government from asserting federal law is supreme over state law.

The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a court order blocking the Biden administration from enforcing in Texas its policy of requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortion care or risk losing federal funding.

The high court’s handling of both the Idaho and Texas cases leaves unanswered questions about whether, under a law known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, federally-funded hospitals must offer abortions to emergency patients with pregnancy complications putting their health at risk – even in states that ban the procedure.

Texas, joined by other plaintiffs, successfully sued to halt Biden administration guidance to hospitals asserting that EMTALA trumps state abortion bans.

 

[Paulos23]

To save the unborn they terrorize doctors with the law so they are not able to save women who need them.

 

[rjs330]

Just another total failure of the medical profession. I'm not a doctor, but I know good and well that sepsis is a life threatening issue. She might have died anyway due to the sepsis. But there was a chance she could have been saved. Apparently there was NO REASON not to address this immediately. The first time she was there they MISDIAGNOSED her. The second time there was NO REASON to withhold care. This again is a MEDICAL profession failure.

While they were not certain from looking at the records provided that Crain’s death could have been prevented, they said it may have been possible to save both the teenager and her fetus if she had been admitted earlier for close monitoring and continuous treatment.

There was a chance Crain could have remained pregnant, they said. If she had needed an early delivery, the hospital was well-equipped to care for a baby on the edge of viability. In another scenario, if the infection had gone too far, ending the pregnancy might have been necessary to save Crain.

 

[rambot]

If this was a problem with the medical profession, it wouldn't have suddenly started when jurisdictions wrote hastily written, poorly and unspecific legislation (Because politicians don't know anything about healthcare).

Just another total failure of the medical profession. I'm not a doctor, but I know good and well that sepsis is a life threatening issue. She might have died anyway due to the sepsis. But there was a chance she could have been saved. Apparently there was NO REASON not to address this immediately. The first time she was there they MISDIAGNOSED her. The second time there was NO REASON to withhold care. This again is a MEDICAL profession failure.

While they were not certain from looking at the records provided that Crain’s death could have been prevented, they said it may have been possible to save both the teenager and her fetus if she had been admitted earlier for close monitoring and continuous treatment.

There was a chance Crain could have remained pregnant, they said. If she had needed an early delivery, the hospital was well-equipped to care for a baby on the edge of viability. In another scenario, if the infection had gone too far, ending the pregnancy might have been necessary to save Crain.

From the article:

Texas’s abortion ban threatens prison time for interventions that end a fetal heartbeat, whether the pregnancy is wanted or not. It includes exceptions for life-threatening conditions, but still, doctors told ProPublica that confusion and fear about the potential legal repercussions are changing the way their colleagues treat pregnant patients with complications.

There should not be confusion over legislation. If there is, the governing body is not writing clear legislation OR is not communicating the legislation effectively. Given legislators total ignorance on health outcomes, I'm gonna wager it's the first option.

Passed nearly four decades ago, it requires emergency rooms to stabilize patients in medical crises. The Biden administration argues this mandate applies even in cases where an abortion might be necessary.

No state has done more to fight this interpretation than Texas, which has warned doctors that its abortion ban supersedes the administration’s guidance on federal law, and that they can face up to 99 years in prison for violating it.

Is it a coincidence so many of these3 stories are in Texas?
And I'd bet you a 100$ that these stories don't happen in states where abortion is legal. Period. You keep blaming doctors who are acting in their own self interest because of politicians who are threatenning them.

 

[Lukaris]

State Data Refutes ProPublica's Misinformation on TX Pro-Life Laws

Induced Termination of Pregnancy report from Texas Health and Human Services shows doctors in Texas have performed 119 abortions to save pregnant women's lives

www.texasallianceforlife.org

 

[rjs330]

If this was a problem with the medical profession, it wouldn't have suddenly started when jurisdictions wrote hastily written, poorly and unspecific legislation (Because politicians don't know anything about healthcare).

I think it's clear enough. If I was a doctor there i would have saved the girl. What kind of idiot doesn't know that sepsis is deadly if not treated immediately.

There should not be confusion over legislation. If there is, the governing body is not writing clear legislation OR is not communicating the legislation effectively. Given legislators total ignorance on health outcomes, I'm gonna wager it's the first option.

What doctors would that be. I didn't see any quoted?

Is it a coincidence so many of these3 stories are in Texas?

Yeah it's odd. Makes me really wonder about the quality of doctors there. Seems like doctors there have saved lives using abortions. How many were prosecuted for it?

 

[durangodawood]

99 years in prison is a strong incentive to err on the "good" side of Texas law.

 

[rjs330]

99 years in prison is a strong incentive to err on the "good" side of Texas law.

Except the law allows for emergencies. So your comment is irrelevant. This case is an obvious case of really bad medical care. A failure of doctors.

It doesn't sound like a single doctor who did an abortion to save a life was prosecuted. And as quoted in tge article this was a case where an abortion wasn't absolutely necessary.

 

[johansen]

Either you care about human life or you care about following the law.

 

[mala]

It doesn't sound like a single doctor who did an abortion to save a life was prosecuted. And as quoted in tge article this was a case where an abortion wasn't absolutely necessary.

yet.

 

[rjs330]

Either you care about human life or you care about following the law.

This isn't about the law, because the law allows doctors to care about human life. If you ask.me it kind of let's you know that doctors care less about human life anymore.

 

[KCfromNC]

Either you care about human life or you care about following the law.

Why are we ignoring the people who are responsible for these laws in the first place?

 

[rambot]

Either you care about human life or you care about following the law.

This feels like it could be ironic though.

 

[rambot]

Yeah it's odd. Makes me really wonder about the quality of doctors there.

given the very next sentence you wrote, I dont know if it does make you wonder.

Seems like doctors there have saved lives using abortions. How many were prosecuted for it?

Some have yes and we're not prosecuted

How many women in Minnesota have died from lack of access to pregnancy care due to doctors hesitancy?

 

[rambot]

State Data Refutes ProPublica's Misinformation on TX Pro-Life Laws

Induced Termination of Pregnancy report from Texas Health and Human Services shows doctors in Texas have performed 119 abortions to save pregnant women's lives

www.texasallianceforlife.org

So abortions are a good thing?

A dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in Texas after abortion ban

 

[Lukaris]

So abortions are a good thing?

A dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in Texas after abortion ban

Personally, I believe that Roe v Wade should have been left alone and pro life preached in the church. What I question is how tragedy is being reported and interpreted in the media. There are pro life organizations who seem to have some credible information that counter the narrative.

Despite the Naysayers, the Human Life Protection Act Is Saving Babies’ Lives and Women’s Lives -

Despite the Naysayers, the Human Life Protection Act Is Saving Babies' Lives and Women's Lives

www.texasallianceforlife.org

Understanding Texas’ Pro-Life Laws: Exceptions for Medical Emergencies Explained | Texas Right to Life

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texasrighttolife.com

ACOG Peddles Disinformation About Pro-Life Laws, Plays Politics With Women's Lives

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[rjs330]

given the very next sentence you wrote, I dont know if it does make you wonder.

Some have yes and we're not prosecuted

How many women in Minnesota have died from lack of access to pregnancy care due to doctors hesitancy?

Well i guess I should clarify. It makes me wonder about the quality of some of the doctors there. Which is quite fair considering some have done the right thing.

I don't think we ate talking about Minnesota. How many babies were allowed to die on a table in Minnesota?

 

[durangodawood]

Except the law allows for emergencies. So your comment is irrelevant......

Emergencies often kill people, even when treated. In TX you have to wait until a known condition becomes an emergency - in this case blood sepsis - before giving the necessary treatment. If you fail to wait, theres 99 years in prison hanging over your head.

 

[rjs330]

Emergencies often kill people, even when treated. In TX you have to wait until a known condition becomes an emergency - in this case blood sepsis - before giving the necessary treatment. If you fail to wait, theres 99 years in prison hanging over your head.

This misdiagnosed the girl. They didn't treat her and the law didn't NOT prevent them from doing so. This was a medical failure. And it appears that abortion wasn't even necessarily on rhe table. Face it, this was a medical failure to diagnose and treat properly for an emergency condition.

 

[Larniavc]

To save the unborn they terrorize doctors with the law so they are not able to save women who need them.

It’s not about that, silly goose! It’s punishing women for not wanting to be brood mares.