The group of 111 doctors cited recent ProPublica reporting on two pregnant women who died because doctors did not provide lifesaving care.

A group of 111 OB-GYNs in Texas released a letter to elected state leaders Sunday urging them to change abortion laws they say have prevented them from providing lifesaving care to pregnant women.

“Josseli Barnica and Nevaeh Crain should be alive today,” the doctors wrote in their letter. “As OB-GYNs in Texas, we know firsthand how much these laws restrict our ability to provide our patients with quality, evidence-based care.”

In 2021, Texas lawmakers passed a law prohibiting doctors from performing an abortion after six weeks. The law allows members of the public to sue doctors or anyone who helps perform an abortion for $10,000.

  • LEDZeppelin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    11 days ago

    Vote. That’s the only way to make any change. Republican Party is so far gone, there is no hope they will listen to any pleas or letters from experts

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      8·
      11 days ago

      Well no, that’s the second way to make change. There are two other boxes after that.