A healthcare policy professor believes that strict abortion laws enacted by Republican states have made pregnant women “untouchables” — and have resulted in their deaths.
Nevaeh Crain was 18 years old when she died on October 29, 2023. She was pregnant at the time, was suffering from a fever, vomiting, weakness, and intense abdominal pain.
Within 12 hours, Crain — a Texas resident — had visited two hospital emergency rooms, and was blocked from receiving life-saving treatment both times, according to a report by ProPublica…