Lizzie Presser
Appearances
Apple News Today
Republicans feel the heat from voters over Trump and Musk’s cuts
The rate of sepsis for women who are losing their pregnancies in the hospital in the second trimester spiked more than 50 percent after the first abortion ban was passed in Texas in 2021.
Apple News Today
Republicans feel the heat from voters over Trump and Musk’s cuts
One of the things that's so scary about sepsis is that once it sets in, it's extremely difficult to get ahead of. Sepsis can lead to a life-threatening drop in blood pressure. It can cause permanent kidney damage, permanent brain damage, very dangerous bleeding. And it can also cause death really rapidly.
Apple News Today
Republicans feel the heat from voters over Trump and Musk’s cuts
Some doctors said, okay, that's very clear in the law, but when you're in the practice of medicine, it's extraordinarily gray. What constitutes a life-threatening risk?
Apple News Today
Republicans feel the heat from voters over Trump and Musk’s cuts
They are waiting for women who are experiencing pregnancy complications to get really sick before they intervene. But then you may not be able to intervene anymore because that risk can escalate so fast.