Letters to the Editor: I miscarried and was denied care at first. Will women die in antiabortion states?
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To the editor: The scenario of a miscarrying patient being denied medical treatment is not hypothetical. It's reality — I know because I lived it. ("How treatment of miscarriages is upending the abortion debate," April 25) In 1989, while living in Florida, I suffered a miscarriage at 14 weeks pregnant. Because my health insurance required that I go to one particular hospital (which did not allow abortions), my obstetrician was not able to give me the care I needed to prevent sepsis. I went home...

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