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To: Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Texas hospitals and medical providers
Tell Texas hospitals: Stop denying lifesaving reproductive health care!
People are being denied urgent, lifesaving abortion care in Texas. In August 2024, two women in Texas filed complaints with the federal government alleging that hospitals denied them abortion care necessary to treat extremely dangerous ectopic pregnancies. This is in direct violation of federal law, which says hospitals must provide abortions in medical emergencies, and yet, these women were denied essential care—and the Texas hospitals must be held accountable.
Sign the petition to be solidarity with Kelsie Norris-De La Cruz and Kyleigh Thurman, and demand the Texas hospitals be held accountable NOW!
Sign the petition to be solidarity with Kelsie Norris-De La Cruz and Kyleigh Thurman, and demand the Texas hospitals be held accountable NOW!
Why is this important?
Two Texas women, Kelsie Norris-De La Cruz and Kyleigh Thurman, were denied abortion care for their life-threatening ectopic pregnancies—and now they’re demanding the Biden administration investigate the hospitals for violating federal law.
An ectopic pregnancy is the leading cause of maternal mortality in the first trimester. Texans deserve assurance that they’ll receive lifesaving care when they need it most.
Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, Texas has enforced a near-total ban on abortion, with very limited exceptions. And Texas doctors who perform abortions risk life in prison, fines of up to $100,000, and revocation of their medical licenses.
But hospitals are ultimately required to provide stabilizing care, including abortions, to patients with emergency medical conditions. Texas law clearly allows for abortions to treat dangerous ectopic pregnancies, and federal law requires it. And yet, both of these women were denied emergency care.
Sign the petition to demand these Texas hospitals be held accountable for denying their patients lifesaving abortion care.
An ectopic pregnancy is the leading cause of maternal mortality in the first trimester. Texans deserve assurance that they’ll receive lifesaving care when they need it most.
Since the fall of Roe v. Wade, Texas has enforced a near-total ban on abortion, with very limited exceptions. And Texas doctors who perform abortions risk life in prison, fines of up to $100,000, and revocation of their medical licenses.
But hospitals are ultimately required to provide stabilizing care, including abortions, to patients with emergency medical conditions. Texas law clearly allows for abortions to treat dangerous ectopic pregnancies, and federal law requires it. And yet, both of these women were denied emergency care.
Sign the petition to demand these Texas hospitals be held accountable for denying their patients lifesaving abortion care.