Texas abortion ban caused pregnant woman’s death, lawsuit says - NBC News

The family of a Texas woman who died of pregnancy-related complications is suing state officials and the hospital where she was treated, claiming the state’s ban on most abortions killed her. Walker’s family filed a lawsuit in San Antonio on Tuesday, claiming that a doctor repeatedly denied her an abortion despite her having a medical emergency that would have legally permitted terminating the pregnancy. The lawsuit names Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican who is running for election to the U.S. Senate; the Texas Medical Board, which regulates the state’s medical professionals; the University of Texas Health Science ‌Center at ⁠San Antonio; and several doctors who treated Walker before she died. “For months, Ms. Walker had been asking for termination of her pregnancy — even though this was a wanted pregnancy — because she did not think she would survive the pregnancy.