She wanted to be a mom. When the pregnancy failed, she almost died waiting for an abortion. This Texas couple is sharing their story, because they're afraid it will happen to others.
Amanda and Josh Zurawski found out at 18 weeks that the baby they wanted so badly wasn't going to make it.Amanda and Josh Zurawski couldn't wait to be"mom" and"dad."
Amanda said doctors did not believe her life was in danger enough for them to provide abortion care without legal risk. The fetal heartbeat would have to stop or Amanda would have to get sicker with a life-threatening condition, she recalls doctors telling her, in order for her to obtain abortion care. Eventually she did get sicker — and it nearly killed her.
“As I was walking, I felt like my body was open,” Amanda said. “Which it was, but at the time I didn’t know that.”“We saw the nurse and she was pretty casual — I don’t think she was expecting anything to be wrong,” Josh said. “She started the exam and got our doctor right away. It didn’t take very long for us to get some bad news.”cervical insufficiency
There was no hope for Amanda's pregnancy, Conti confirmed. Without an abortion, she would get an infection and risk death. But Texas passed a law right after the Supreme Court overturned Roe that bans abortion unless the life of the pregnant person is in danger. Josh raced Amanda back to the emergency room. She had a fever of 102. She was declining rapidly, he said, so doctors decided they could legally provide an abortion by inducing labor.After delivery, Amanda's health started to once again decline — her blood pressure was low and her blood platelet count dropped.Josh called a friend who is an anesthesiologist and started naming the medications Amanda was on, looking for information.
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