Amanda Zurawski tore into GOP Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn of Texas at a Senate listening to on Wednesday over the state’s abortion ban, saying she “practically died on their watch” after being denied care in a being pregnant disaster. (Watch the video under.)
“I wished to handle my senators, Cruz and Cornyn, neither of whom, regrettably, are within the room proper now. However I would really like for them to know that what occurred to me … it’s a direct results of the insurance policies that they assist,” Zurawski mentioned. “I practically died on their watch and moreover, because of what occurred to me, I could have been robbed of the chance to have youngsters sooner or later.”
Zurawski is suing Texas for withholding an abortion as her being pregnant problems grew to become extra dire. She mentioned she had been advised her child wouldn't survive, however docs mentioned they might not provide extra care as a result of fetal cardiac exercise might nonetheless be detected, in response to her swimsuit.
Zurawski finally developed sepsis, and docs induced labor. She gave delivery and the newborn died.
“I wasn’t permitted to have an abortion and the trauma and the PTSD and the melancholy that I've handled within the eight months since this occurred to me is paralyzing,” Zurawski mentioned on the Senate Judiciary Committee listening to. “On prime of that, I'm nonetheless struggling to have youngsters.”
Each Texas senators attended the listening to, however weren't current when Zurawski spoke, The Hill reported.
HuffPost didn't instantly hear again from both senator.
In 2021, Texas adopted a six-week abortion ban. Most abortions at the moment are prohibited in 14 states, following the Supreme Court docket’s repeal of Roe v. Wade, The New York Instances reported this week.
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