The Center for Reproductive Rights filed complaints against two Texas hospitals on behalf of two women who were turned away after seeking treatment for life-threatening ectopic pregnancies.  

Below are news and media highlights on the filings:

News from the Center for Reproductive Rights

• “Center Files Complaints Against Texas Hospitals for Denying Women Emergency Care for Life-Threatening Ectopic Pregnancies,” 08.12.24
• Press release: “Texas Women Ask Biden Administration to Investigate Hospitals that Denied them Abortions for Ectopic Pregnancies,” 08.12.24

Media Highlights

• “Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are turned away from ERs despite federal law,” AP News, 08.12.24
• “Texas women ask US agency to probe hospitals that denied abortions for ectopic pregnancies,” Reuters, 08.14.24
• “Women claim Texas hospitals denied them abortions for ectopic pregnancies,” Washington Post, 08.13.24
• “Texas women file federal complaint against hospitals for delayed ectopic pregnancy care,” The Hill, 08.12.24
• “Texas women denied abortions for ectopic pregnancies file complaints against hospitals,” USA Today, 08.13.24
• “Two women say Texas hospitals wouldn’t treat their ectopic pregnancies. Each lost a fallopian tube as a result,” The 19th, 08.12.24
• “Texas women refused abortions for life-threatening ectopic pregnancies demand probe into hospitals,” The Independent, 08.13.24
• “Texas women denied abortions for ectopic pregnancies file federal complaints against hospitals,” Austin American-Statesman, 08.12.24
• “Arlington Hospital Refused Patient Life-Saving Care Because of State Abortion Laws, Federal Complaint States,” Dallas Observer, 08.12.24
• “Turning Trauma Into Activism: She’s Fighting for Reproductive Rights in Texas and Beyond,” Texas Observer, 08.13.24
• “Docs Fear of Treating Ectopic Pregnancies Risks Women’s Lives,” Newsmax, 08.12.24
• “100+ Pregnant Women Neglected, Denied ER Care Since 2022,” Common Dreams, 08.12.24
• “Despite Fed Rule, More Than 100 Pregnant People Denied Care by Hospitals and ERs,” Truthout, 08.12.24