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California Woman Sues Catholic Hospital Chain Over Emergency Abortion Denial

April 6, 2025

California Woman Sues Catholic Hospital Chain Over Emergency Abortion Denial

What: A California woman nearly died while miscarrying twins after a Catholic hospital refused to provide emergency abortion care, despite state law protections. She’s now suing the hospital chain.

Key Line: “Despite clear signs Nusslock’s life was in peril and her twins could not survive, the ER’s attending physician told her she was not ‘sufficiently close to death’… ‘I remember saying to somebody, ‘But this is California!’”

Source: LA Times

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