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The Guardian - US
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Mary Tuma

Texas women denied abortions for ectopic pregnancies demand federal investigation

demonstrators and a sign reading 'abortion saves lives'
While Texas has one of the strictest abortion bans in the US, treatment for ectopic pregnancy is explicitly allowed under state law. Photograph: Eric Gay/AP

Two Texas women who were denied abortion care for life-threatening ectopic pregnancies have filed complaints with the Biden administration calling for investigations into the hospitals for violating federal law.

An ectopic pregnancy is a dangerous condition in which the fertilized egg implants in the fallopian tube instead of the uterus. It has no chance of developing into a healthy pregnancy.

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