Missouri health department investigates hospital denial of emergency abortion

[Scott]

 

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri's health department is investigating whether a hospital violated federal health care rules in denying a woman an emergency abortion, an agency spokeswoman confirmed Monday.

 

Missouri Health and Senior Services spokeswoman Lisa Cox in a statement said the agency launched an investigation into southern Missouri's Freeman Health System's treatment of Mylissa Farmer.

 

Farmer, who is from Joplin, told The Associated Press that she went to the system's local emergency room when her water broke months early on Aug. 2. She said tests showed that she had lost all of her amniotic fluid because of a pregnancy complication and doctors told her the fetus was not expected to survive.

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/missouri-investigates-hospital-denial-of-emergency-abortion/63-6d3ca2c9-15bd-4e3a-a2b9-6b6c3b213833

 

[thaibeachlovers]

I didn't see anything in the article to say that the Drs referred the case to hospital managers, in which case they may be at risk of losing their licence to practice. If they did so, and were ordered not to proceed, the management would IMO be the ones at fault, if indeed fault can be established.

An investigation may find that her situation was not life threatening, and she was safe to travel to a state where an abortion could be performed.

I think we should allow the inevitable court case to end before casting stones at the Drs.

[stevenl]

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I didn't see anything in the article to say that the Drs referred the case to hospital managers, in which case they may be at risk of losing their licence to practice. If they did so, and were ordered not to proceed, the management would IMO be the ones at fault, if indeed fault can be established.

An investigation may find that her situation was not life threatening, and she was safe to travel to a state where an abortion could be performed.

I think we should allow the inevitable court case to end before casting stones at the Drs.

The stones should be cast at the law makers who created this.

[thaibeachlovers]

50 minutes ago, stevenl said:

The stones should be cast at the law makers who created this.

No, just elect someone that does what you want.