A Texas woman died after the hospital said it would be a crime to intervene in her miscarriage

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58. This could have been me in GA some years ago.

We had moved from PA to Georgia...I was unexpectedly pregnant. I had a full term pregnancy loss in PA (caught food poisoning) and several miscarriages that resulted in the need for a D&C...I bleed and am prone to infection. I accidentally chose a 'pro-life' doctor. I didn't know. And I miscarried. I was bleeding pretty badly. But was told I had to 'wait until the hormone level came back to make sure the baby was gone'. The ultrasound clearly showed no baby. dropping hormone rates can take weeks by the way. I didn't know that. Anyway a couple days after it started, I felt awful horrible cramps, fever and bleeding quite a bit.

I went to the doctors office and the nurse basically sneered at me and sent me away. That evening I hemorrhaged in my kitchen. I had a104 degree fever. I had three young kids. My six year old ran to our neighbors who took one look at me and got her husband to carry me to her car. couldn't walk and was in and out of consciousness. They drove me to the hospital. Georgia has terrible traffic and it was quicker than calling for an ambulance. After I arrived my so called doctor put me in a room, no IV and no call button. He did nothing. Still waiting for the hormone levels I guess. My husband was out of town. He had gotten on a plane in the morning to came home...he was worried. He went directly to the hospital and found me laying in a huge pool of blood... dripping on the floor. I was unconscious. But bleeding to death is painful as is infection. And I knew I was dying on some level.

Hubs screamed bloody murder fired the doctor and a young resident saved my life. I was treated with massive doses of antibiotics and I needed huge transfusions and platelets...three weeks in the hospital on the maternity floor followed. It took me a year to recover physically and mentally. I was left infertile and while we hadn't planned more kids that should have been my choice. To this day, I hate the doctor and the nurse. They didn't give a damn about me I hope there is a hell so they can both burn for eternity. Roe was more than abortion, it was health care and I know I would have died in this environment.