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flag A Texas woman died at 20 weeks pregnant from preeclampsia despite repeated requests to terminate her pregnancy due to strict abortion laws.

flag Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old Texas woman, died at 20 weeks pregnant from preeclampsia, a condition she had previously experienced during a high-risk pregnancy that caused a stillbirth. flag Despite severe complications including hypertension, diabetes, seizures, and blood clots, and repeated requests to terminate her pregnancy, doctors did not offer an abortion, citing Texas’s strict abortion law. flag Over 90 medical providers were involved, yet none advised her of the option, even though specialists say termination would have been standard care. flag ProPublica reviewed 6,500 pages of records and found her death likely preventable. flag Her case highlights concerns that restrictive abortion laws, with ambiguous exceptions, lead to delayed or denied care, contributing to preventable maternal deaths.

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