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Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are turned away from ERs despite federal law

Kyleigh Thurman, one of the patients who is filing a federal complaint against an emergency room for not treating her ectopic pregnancy, talks about her experience in Burnet County, Texas. (Eric Gay/AP)
Kyleigh Thurman, one of the patients who is filing a federal complaint against an emergency room for not treating her ectopic pregnancy, talks about her experience in Burnet County, Texas. (Eric Gay/AP)
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More than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms were turned away or negligently treated since 2022, an Associated Press analysis of federal hospital investigations has found.

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