Post by pavel on Apr 7, 2016 17:21:36 GMT -6
An Austin hospital is contradicting a couple's account that the state’s ban on abortion after 20 weeks kept its doctors from ending an ill-fated pregnancy, suggesting that a different state abortion law prohibited them from inducing labor to resolve her pregnancy complications.
Daniel and Taylor Mahaffey were preparing for the birth of a son when Taylor’s cervix dilated prematurely in late March. The couple went to St. David's North Austin Medical Center.
When emergency procedures to keep the developing baby inside the womb were unsuccessful, the couple was “told because the baby was still healthy and she was so far along that they couldn’t induce,” Daniel Mahaffey said in a previous interview with The Texas Tribune. After three days, the baby was stillborn.
Daniel Mahaffey said the couple was told doctors could not induce labor under state law because it would be considered an abortion. Abortions after 20 weeks are prohibited by House Bill 2, the state's 2013 restrictions.
Read more: www.texastribune.org/2016/04/06/hospital-disputes-austin-couples-claim-over-aborti/
Daniel and Taylor Mahaffey were preparing for the birth of a son when Taylor’s cervix dilated prematurely in late March. The couple went to St. David's North Austin Medical Center.
When emergency procedures to keep the developing baby inside the womb were unsuccessful, the couple was “told because the baby was still healthy and she was so far along that they couldn’t induce,” Daniel Mahaffey said in a previous interview with The Texas Tribune. After three days, the baby was stillborn.
Daniel Mahaffey said the couple was told doctors could not induce labor under state law because it would be considered an abortion. Abortions after 20 weeks are prohibited by House Bill 2, the state's 2013 restrictions.
Read more: www.texastribune.org/2016/04/06/hospital-disputes-austin-couples-claim-over-aborti/