Without amniotic fluid, the fetus would die but it still had a heartbeat, so she was sent home. Zurawski's waters broke but she did not go into labor.
In her 17th week of pregnancy a scan found that her cervical membranes had begun to prolapse, with specialists telling her that her fetus would not survive.ĭoctors said they could only perform an abortion if she became 'acutely ill' or the heartbeat of her unborn child stopped. Zurawski became pregnant in early 2022 after 18 months of fertility treatments. 'If anybody reads my story, I don't care where they are on the political spectrum, very few people would agree there is anything pro-life about this.' 'You don't think you're somebody who's going to need an abortion, let alone an abortion to save my life,' Zurawski, 35, said to the outlet. The suit claims that the women risked hemorrhage or life-threatening infection and some doctors refused to suggest options or forward medical records to other providers.Īmanda Zurawski was told she was not 'sick enough' to receive an abortion, became septic twice, and was left with one fallopian tube that has permanently closed when denied medical intervention. Of the women bringing the suit, some are married, already with children, and all made the difficult choice to terminate because of risks to their lives. Two of the women recently impacted plan to tell their stories on the steps of the Texas Capitol hoping their harrowing experiences will strengthen the 'catastrophic harms' they faced, the New York Times reported. Wade, allows exceptions when a physician determines there is a risk of 'substantial' harm to the mother or in cases of rape, incest or if the fetus has a fatal diagnosis It comes within days of a landmark lawsuit from five women who are suing the state of Texas after being denied abortions despite risks to their lives and their unborn children, as doctors claim they fear repercussions even in the rare circumstances they are legally allowed to terminate pregnancies. 'Delete all conversations from today,' another wrote. 'I just worry about your emotional state, and he'll be able to snake his way into your head,' one said. The women also expressed concern about Silva in the text messages. 'I know either way he will use it against me,' she wrote, adding that he might use it as a reason to stay together or 'to act like he has some right to the decision.' The lawsuit includes screenshots of the text exchanges that also show the ex-wife worrying about Silva's response to the abortion. The lawsuit cites a text exchange between the women and Silva's ex-wife about Aid Access – an organization which send abortion pills through the mail.Īccording to the lawsuit the women said getting pills in the mail might be 'murky' and instead opted to find them in Houston - two of the friends offering their homes for the abortion. Silva, who divorced his wife in February 2022 and has two other children with her, is not pursuing legal action against her. It is state-sanctioned harassment, and we will not stand for it.' 'This lawsuit is a direct result of the dangerous policies championed by Gov. Wendy Davis a senior advisor to Planned Parenthood Texas Votes said she was 'outraged' but 'not surprised' by the litigation. 'That includes CVS and Walgreens if their abortion pills find their way into our state.' 'Anyone involved in distributing or manufacturing abortion pills will be sued into oblivion,' Cain told the Houston Chronicle. Jonathan Mitchell, a former state solicitor general who also helped create one of the state's abortion bans, is representing Silva who is suing for wrongful death and conspiracy as well as state Rep.
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