“At the outset of Texas’ abortion ban, medical experts worried women like Porsha and Brenda would die from delays in care.”
Porsha Ngumezi and Brenda Yolani Arzu Ramirez are dead. Both had pregnancy complications. Both needed abortions to survive. Both were denied care while hospitals figured out if helping them would get doctors arrested. Medical experts predicted this would happen. It happened. Obstetricians who reviewed the cases agreed abortion care would have saved both women. The law worked exactly as written.