Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Pregnant women in medical distress denied treatment at ER

WASHINGTON -- More than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms were turned away or negligently treated since 2022, an Associated Press analysis of federal hospital ...
NBC Washington

Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are turned away from ERs despite federal law

Bleeding and in pain, Kyleigh Thurman didn’t know her doomed pregnancy could kill her. Emergency room doctors at Ascension Seton Williamson in Texas handed her a pamphlet on miscarriage and told her ...
Yahoo

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

Candace Fails screamed for someone in the Texas hospital to help her pregnant daughter. “Do something,” she pleaded, on the morning of Oct. 29, 2023. Nevaeh Crain was crying in pain, too weak to walk, ...
Science Daily

Frequent emergency care during pregnancy could signal greater risk for severe maternal morbidity

A new study found that, among nearly 775,000 pregnant people in Massachusetts, 31 percent of these individuals had at least one unscheduled emergency visit to the hospital, and 3.3 percent had four or ...
Post and Courier

Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law

WASHINGTON — Bleeding and in pain, Kyleigh Thurman didn’t know her doomed pregnancy could kill her. Emergency room doctors at Ascension Seton Williamson in Texas handed her a pamphlet on miscarriage ...
San Antonio Current

A pregnant teenager died after trying to get care in three visits to Texas emergency rooms

Candace Fails holds a photograph of her daughter Nevaeh Crain, who died last year after seeking help from two hospitals for pregnancy complications. Credit: ProPublica / Danielle Villasana This ...