A Catholic hospital in Eureka has agreed to provide emergency abortion services after a state lawsuit said it had refused to give abortions to pregnant patients in life-threatening emergencies. The lawsuit alleges that, in February, Providence St. Joseph Hospital denied a patient emergency care when her water prematurely broke while she was 15 weeks pregnant with twins. Providence St. Joseph …
Rob Bonta speaks next to Anna Nusslock, who says she was denied an emergency abortion in Eureka this year. But Nusslock said she was told that because of “hospital policy” an abortion couldn’t be done because her life was not at enough risk and one twin still had traceable “heart tones.” A doctor suggested she take a helicopter to a …
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