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Carter Sherman

Texas woman died after being denied miscarriage care due to abortion ban, report finds

a women carrying a baby
Josseli Barnica’s death was preventable, experts told ProPublica. Photograph: Courtesy of the Barnica family

Just days after Texas banned abortion past six weeks of pregnancy, a woman died after doctors in the state delayed treating her miscarriage for 40 hours, ProPublica reported on Wednesday.

Experts told ProPublica that the September 2021 death of Josseli Barnica, a 28-year-old mother, was “preventable”. Barnica is the third woman reported by ProPublica to have died in recent years after being unable to access abortion legally or having her medical care delayed.

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