Neveah Crain (Image credit: X)

The tragic death of an 18-year-old occurred in Texas Neveah Crain has highlighted the challenges facing the state Abortion ban brought after the US Supreme Court ruled Roe v. Wade Ruling banning the federal right to abortion.
Crain, who was at the end of her second trimester, went to two different emergency rooms within 12 hours of each other in October 2023 for severe abdominal cramps and returned each time feeling worse than before.
According to the Guardian, Crain was diagnosed with strep throat during her first visit. She was diagnosed on her second visit sepsis This is a life-threatening condition, but she was allowed to leave because her six-month-old fetus still had a heartbeat.
On her third visit, she was finally transferred to the intensive care unit after an obstetrician confirmed the fetus was dead with two USGs.
Hours later, Crain suffered sepsis shock, which led to organ failure. The teenager would have turned 20 this Friday.
Candace, Crain’s mother, still doesn’t understand why her daughter’s emergency wasn’t treated like an emergency.
Crain is one of at least two Texas women who died because of the state’s abortion ban. Another of these was Josseli Barnica, 28, who died in 2021 after a miscarriage.
This and similar incidents reveal the new reality in states with restrictive abortion lawswhere healthcare providers may delay or refuse necessary treatment, even in life-threatening situations, for fear of criminal consequences.
Health experts argue that such restrictions turn pregnant patients into “untouchables” as hospitals shift responsibility rather than risk legal problems.
Texas’ abortion ban criminalizes procedures that could stop the fetus’ heartbeat, causing hesitation among doctors despite exceptions for emergencies.