All she needed, part III: Doctors reach for riskier miscarriage treatments

ProPublica(The Texas Tribune) – Since Porsha Ngumezi died during a miscarriage June 11, 2023, several families in Texas have spoken publicly about similar circumstances.In May, when Ryan Hamilton’s wife was bleeding while miscarrying at 13 weeks, the first doctor they saw at Surepoint Emergency Center Stephenville noted no fetal cardiac activity and ordered misoprostol, according to medical records.Related Stories When they returned because the bleeding got worse, an emergency doctor on call, Kyle Demler, said he couldn’t do anything considering “the current stance” in Texas, according to Hamilton, who recorded his recollection of the conversation shortly after speaking with Demler. (Neither Surepoint Emergency Center Stephenville nor Demler responded to several requests for comment.)They drove an hour to another hospital asking for a D&C to stop the bleeding, but there, too, the physician would only prescribe misoprostol, medical records indicate. Back home, Hamilton’s wife continued bleeding until he found her passed out on the bathroom floor. “You don’t think it can really happen like that,” Hamilton said. “It feels like you’re living in some sort of movie, it’s so unbelievable.”Across Texas, physicians say they blame the law for interfering with medical care. After ProPublica reported last month on two women who...