Today, two women in Texas filed federal lawsuits after hospitals denied them emergency abortion care.

In response to new reporting that women across the country are being denied emergency abortion care, while it is reported that two Women from Texas filed complaints about hospitals that denied them emergency abortion care, DNC spokeswoman Stephanie Justice issued the following statement:

“Thanks to Donald Trump, women living under abortion bans – which Trump paved the way for and supports – are being turned away from emergency rooms, in many cases permanently damaging their health or forcing them into dangerous and even life-threatening situations because they couldn’t get the care they need. This is Trump and JD Vance’s grim vision for America: an America where women don’t have the right to make decisions about their own bodies and must live under the thumb of MAGA Republicans. Trump is bragging about repealing the ban. Roe v. Wade and continues to keep open the possibility of restricting abortion access nationwide should he become president. We cannot allow him back in the White House to implement his Project 2025 agenda that leaves women to die. Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz are the only candidates in this race who will fight to restore women’s rights and stop Trump and MAGA Republicans’ plans to eliminate reproductive freedom entirely. Everything is at stake in November.”

NEW: Over 100 pregnant women in the United States have been denied emergency abortion care or have been treated negligently. One woman was even told to “let nature take its course” while being denied treatment for her ectopic pregnancy.

Associated Press: “Bleeding and in pain, Kyleigh Thurman didn’t know her doomed pregnancy could kill her.

“Emergency doctors at Ascension Seton Williamson in Texas gave her a pamphlet about miscarriages and told her to “let nature take its course” before discharging her without treating her ectopic pregnancy..

“When the 25-year-old returned three days later, still bleeding, doctors finally agreed to give her an injection to terminate the pregnancy. It was too late. The fertilized egg that grew in Thurman’s fallopian tube ruptured it and destroyed part of her reproductive system…

“More than 100 pregnant women in medical distress seeking care in emergency rooms have been turned away or treated negligently since 2022, an Associated Press analysis of investigations at federal hospitals found.

“Two women – one in Florida and one in Texas – suffered miscarriages in public restrooms. In Arkansas, a woman went into septic shock and her fetus died after being sent home in the emergency room. At least four other women with ectopic pregnancies have had trouble getting treatment, including a California woman who needed a blood transfusion after sitting in an emergency room waiting room for nine hours.”

Because of Trump’s hand-picked Supreme Court judges, who Roe v. WadeExtreme abortion bans have forced women by air transport across national borders while in urgent need of emergency care.

NBC News: “Since January, at least four patients of Dr. Stacy Seyb, a maternal and child medicine specialist in Boise, Idaho, with severe pregnancy complications have been placed on emergency planes and flown out of the state.

“One of them was a woman whose water broke at 20 weeks’ pregnancy, putting her at risk of infection. In such emergency situations, termination of pregnancy may be part of standard care. But doctors at the hospital where Seyb works say they have been forced to transfer patients with these complications to another state to comply with the state’s abortion ban.

“This has become the new normal, which is sad. he said…

“Medical transfers out of state can delay needed treatment and impose tremendous financial and emotional costs on pregnant patients who may be far from home during the most difficult moments of their lives. The cost of the flights can exceed $10,000 and transportation may also be considered outside of the insurance plan by insurers, increasing the share that patients must pay out-of-pocket.”

NPR: “‘Is she sick enough? Is she bleeding badly enough? Does she have sepsis so I can perform the abortion without risking going to jail and losing my license?’ Souza said doctors are wondering that during a news conference ahead of the Supreme Court hearing. “And when the guesswork gets too uncomfortable, we transfer the patients, at very high cost, to another state where the doctors are allowed to practice.”

Now Trump has stated that if elected, he would “absolutely” order the FDA to end access to medication abortion – which would put even more women in life-threatening situations.

Interviewer: “For example, would you instruct your FDA to revoke access to mifepristone?” (…)

Donald Trump: “You could do things that would complement absolutely. These things are pretty open.”

Trump’s running mate JD Vance said he would like to see abortion “illegal nationwide” and opened the door to a ban to prevent women from traveling to other states to seek reproductive health care.

CNN: “JD Vance said in 2022 he ‘would like abortion to be illegal nationwide'”

“‘I definitely want abortion to be illegal nationwide,’ Vance said in a podcast in January 2022 when he was running for Senate.

“During a podcast interview in January 2022, then-candidate JD Vance said he ‘would definitely like abortion to be illegal nationwide’ and that he was ‘open-minded’ to the view that a nationwide ban was necessary to prevent women from traveling to other states for an abortion…

“Vance once supported a ‘national minimum standard’ for abortion restrictions and signaled support to CNN for a 15-week federal abortion ban before concluding that there is no need for it in the current climate.

“In January 2022, however, Vance argued that while lawmakers could not ban abortion in the current climate, he was sympathetic to the view that a national ban was necessary.”

Trump’s unique role in repealing Roe v. Wade has led to countless horror stories of denying women access to reproductive care and even putting women’s lives in danger due to dangerous anti-abortion laws.

CNN: “Texas woman almost died because she couldn’t get an abortion”

ABC News: “Delayed and Denied: Women Pushed to the Brink of Death Over Abortion Assistance in Post-Roe America”

CNN: “Due to Florida’s abortion laws, she carried her baby even though she knew it would die”

The Guardian: “’They forced me to carry my baby to term’: Women of color on refusing abortion after Roe”

Mississippi Free Press: “Report: Mississippi teen rape victim had to travel 500 miles for abortion”

Washington Post: “An ectopic pregnancy put her life in danger. A Texas hospital refused to treat her.”

ABC News: “North Dakota court upholds strict abortion ban even in medical emergencies”

HuffPost: “Performing an abortion yourself is not a crime in Ohio, but a politically motivated prosecutor might think Julia should be punished for her actions.”

Washington Post: “One in three American women already has no access to abortion. Even more restrictive laws will follow.”