Three Texas Doctors Disciplined for Failing Pregnant Patients

For years, the media has pushed the idea that Texas’ abortion laws stop doctors from saving pregnant women in emergencies. But now, the Texas Medical Board has confirmed something important: the law was never the problem. The doctors were.

Recently, the Texas Medical Board disciplined three physicians for failing to give legal, life-saving care to pregnant women.

One doctor refused to properly treat Porsha Ngumezi while she was going through a natural miscarriage. Two other doctors failed to step in and save the life of pregnant teenager Nevaeh Crain.

These tragedies should never have happened.

After Roe v. Wade was overturned, Texas made elective abortion illegal to protect preborn children. But Texas law has always allowed doctors to treat women facing serious pregnancy complications or life-threatening situations. Doctors can legally remove a miscarried baby, treat dangerous infections, and intervene to save a mother’s life.

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That has never been against the law.

Still, abortion activists and liberal media outlets spent years telling women the opposite. They claimed Pro-Life laws would stop doctors from treating miscarriages or helping women in emergencies. Those claims caused fear and confusion across the state.

But miscarriage care is not the same thing as abortion.

A miscarriage happens when a baby has already died naturally. Treating a miscarriage does not intentionally end a child’s life. Abortion, on the other hand, intentionally kills a living preborn child. Texas laws banning abortion do not ban miscarriage care.

Sadly, the Texas Medical Board waited nearly two years to clearly explain what the law already said. Eventually, the Board confirmed doctors do not have to wait until a woman is at death’s door before helping her. If the danger is foreseeable, doctors are allowed to act.

To help clear up any remaining confusion, Texas lawmakers passed the Life of the Mother Act this year, led by Senator Bryan Hughes. The law makes it even clearer that physicians can provide life-saving care to pregnant women without violating Texas abortion laws. It also requires additional education for doctors and attorneys so tragedies like these are less likely to happen again.

Women like Porsha and Nevaeh deserved better.

If their doctors had followed the law and provided timely care, their stories could have ended very differently.

The Texas Medical Board’s decision to discipline these physicians sends an important message: doctors who fail to provide legal medical care will be held accountable.

Texas can protect both mothers and babies. And no woman should lose her life because of misinformation, fear, or medical negligence.