Miscarriage (mis)management is a longstanding issue in Catholic hospitals across the country. It’s the result of the ERDs, not TX law. See: Freedman, “When There’s a Heartbeat” (2008) See also: the demise of Catholic Healthcare West and the rise of Dignity Health (now part of CommonSpirit Health)
This looks a lot like California doctors are following Texas's heartbeat law in the name of "institutional conscience." www.nytimes.com/2024/09/30/h...
The state said that despite a doctor’s recommendation and state law, a Catholic hospital declined to provide an abortion because fetal heart tones were present.
To be clear, TX law doesn’t help. In a post-Dobbs world, the workarounds previously used to dodge the problems no longer exist in many states. That’s less of an issue in CA, but mergers and the consolidation of hospitals under ever-growing systems is a problem.
Yes, thanks, I just meant to comment on the similarities of the regimes, not say that the heartbeat act was driving this in a casual sense.