Texas is Killing Women: On the Deadly Consequences of Inventing a Sacred Fetus

Since Texas banned abortion in 2021, sepsis and death rates have soared. The state does not care.

Content warning for medical misogyny, pregnancy/birth trauma, and miscarriage.

Josseli Barnica was pregnant and looking forward to giving her daughter a sibling. It was not to be: at 17 weeks, she began to miscarry. The fetus was on the verge of expulsion, their head pressed against her cervix, which was dilated. The standard of care under these circumst…