San Francisco Chronicle
‘Traumatized’: Northern California woman sues Catholic hospital group, alleging 2 emergency abortion denials
Synopsis
When Rachel Harrison’s water broke three months into her pregnancy, she lost all her amniotic fluid and needed an emergency abortion to prevent life-threatening infection. But at the Catholic hospital her insurance directed her towards in Carmichael, California, she was denied treatment on religious grounds.
The same emergency happened again months later, and again, she was denied abortion care. This delay left Rachel with an infection that nearly killed her. San Francisco Chronicle’s Matthias Gafni shares her story.
While waiting to learn if I would lose my child, my own life, or both, I felt deep pain and despair, I was traumatized.
A Texas pregnancy center told her everything was fine. Three days later, she was in the ER
Doctors told her she was miscarrying, but they couldn’t help until her daughter had no heartbeat.
