Amanda feels that the climate of fear and nervousness that this law created caused the hospital to treat her second miscarriage differently than they treated her first miscarriage. She doesn't end up having to go back to the emergency room with an infection or with hemorrhaging, but emotionally, it was a very dramatic and excruciating experience for her. The only thing that really has changed in between these two miscarriages is that texas rolled out a strict ban on most abortions after bout six weeks of pregnancy.
Across the United States, Republicans emboldened by the overturning of Roe v. Wade are passing laws intended to stop medical staff from providing an abortion.
But those same laws may also be scaring health workers out of providing basic care for miscarriages.
Guest: Pam Belluck, a health and science writer for The New York Times.
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