California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Sept. 30 a lawsuit alleging that Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka—a city on the state’s far north coast in Humboldt County—refused to provide an emergency abortion.
“With today’s lawsuit, I want to make this clear for all Californians: Abortion care is healthcare. You have the right to access timely and safe abortion services,” Bonta said in a Sept. 30 press release.
According to court documents, patient Anna Nusslock’s water broke in February while 15 weeks pregnant with twins, leaving her pregnancy nonviable and at risk of infection and hemorrhaging. The attorney general alleged the hospital denied access to abortion as Nusslock faced an “immediate threat to her life and health.”…