A Texas a teenage girl has tragically lost her life after being stopped from receiving life-saving medical care due to her condition banning abortion. 18-year-old Nevaeh Crain reportedly had pregnancy complications.

Crain woke up with a headache on October 28, 2023, the day before the baby shower. The six-month pregnant woman soon developed a fever, which was followed by vomiting and nausea. She continued struggling through the baby shower before her family decided to take her to the emergency room by 3 p.m., ProPublica reported.

Randall Broussard, Crain’s boyfriend, drove her to a nearby hospital, but her pain didn’t end there. They had to sit in the waiting room for four hours with a plastic pan the staff gave Crain as she continued to vomit.

Crain was eventually tested and diagnosed with strep. In addition to vomiting, she also had abdominal pain, but was soon discharged and prescribed antibiotics without pregnancy evaluation.

Crain woke his mother up late at night, saying she was experiencing extreme stomach pains. Her mother, Candace Fails, took her to another hospital, where they were told by an OB/GYN that she had a fever of 102.8 and a high pulse and was even showing signs of sepsis.

Crain had to be given IV fluids and antibiotics for two hours, but her condition continued to worsen. She also had a urinary tract infection.

A nurse checked and confirmed that Crain’s baby had a heartbeat, so she was discharged. He was prescribed several antibiotics.

“It’s bulls—,” Fails said. Crain, unable to walk, was taken home in a wheelchair.

Crain cried in pain the next morning and had to be rushed back to the hospital by 9am. She was suffering from heavy bleeding and suffered a miscarriage.

Crain was given antibiotics and the OB/GYN on duty said no fetal heartbeat could be found. Fails said he noticed shortly afterward that Crain’s thighs were covered in blood.

“Do something,” Fails begged the doctors.

In Texas, the near total ban on abortion would not allow doctors to remove a non-viable fetus unless Crain’s life was in danger. There were two options – either she had to get too sick for the doctors to intervene, or she had to abort herself.

“Pretty consistently, people say, ‘Until we can be absolutely sure this isn’t a normal pregnancy, there’s nothing we can do, because it could be claimed I had an abortion,'” Dr. Tony Ogburn, OB . -GYN in San Antonio, he said.

Doctors performed a second ultrasound to “confirm fetal death” two hours after Crain arrived at the hospital. The teenager could not even sign consent forms at the time due to “extreme pain”. Her mother then signed a release to allow her to undergo an “unplanned dilation and curettage” or “unplanned cesarean.”

However, the doctors considered that performing the procedure in this situation is too dangerous. They suspected that Crain had developed a dangerous complication of sepsis called disseminated intravascular coagulation and had begun to bleed internally.

Fails said she saw her daughter sitting in a hospital bed with black blood pouring from her nostrils and mouth. “You are strong, Nevaeh. God made us strong,” Fails told her daughter.

Hours later, Crain died in the intensive care unit. Medical experts believe it could have been carefully worded.

“Pregnant women have become practically untouchable”

After Crain died, Fails sought legal action to hold the hospitals liable. Under Texas law, however, urgent care cases require plaintiffs to prove “willful and wanton negligence” on the part of hospitals. Fails was unable to find a lawyer to take his case.

Sara Rosenbaum, professor emeritus of health police and law at George Washington University, said after the case that Crain was not saved because she was a pregnant woman in a Republican state that has strict abortion laws. “Pregnant women have become virtually untouchable,” Rosenbaum said.

“Am I being sent home because I’m really fine? “Dr. Jodi Abbott, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Boston University School of Medicine, said. “Or am I being sent home because they fear that the solution to what’s happening with my pregnancy would be to terminate the pregnancy, and they’re not allowed to do that?”

Healthcare providers at Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas and Christus Southeast Texas St Elizabeth, where Crain received treatment, have not issued a statement regarding the incident.