Saturday, April 20, 2024

Rise in pregnant women turned away from US emergency rooms, papers show | Texas | The Guardian

At Sacred Heart emergency center in Houston, front desk staff refused to check in one woman after her husband asked for help delivering her baby that September. She miscarried in a restroom toilet in the emergency room lobby while her husband called 911 for help. 

"She is bleeding a lot and had a miscarriage," the husband told first responders in his call, which was transcribed from Spanish in federal documents. "I'm here at the hospital but they told us they can't help us because we are not their client."…

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