{"id":313479,"date":"2024-06-06T06:43:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T11:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=313479"},"modified":"2024-09-20T16:17:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T21:17:44","slug":"5-facts-texas-radio-host-wife-miscarriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/5-facts-texas-radio-host-wife-miscarriage\/","title":{"rendered":"5 facts show why pro-life laws aren’t to blame for Texas radio host’s wife’s miscarriage trauma"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Texas radio host Ryan Hamilton is sharing the story of his wife’s miscarriage \u2014 and blaming the state’s pro-life laws for the trauma he says she experienced. Yet not long after this story was promoted by the media, readers and social media commenters appeared to find holes in his story.<\/p>\n

In reality, nothing about the state’s law protecting preborn children from being intentionally<\/em> killed through abortion stood in the way of his wife’s miscarriage treatment \u2014 and surprisingly, the details of his story prove it. It appears that this miscarriage account, while painful and traumatic, demonstrates that the treatment Hamilton’s wife received was within the standard of care for miscarriage across the U.S.<\/p>\n

Here are six facts to consider about this story:<\/p>\n

FACT #1: The baby was confirmed deceased by an ultrasound \u2014 a natural miscarriage. Texas abortion law allows miscarriage treatment, which Hamiton’s wife received<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tragically, Hamilton’s wife miscarried their baby at 13 weeks, according to his interview with CBS News<\/a>, which reported that his wife went to Surepoint Emergency Center in North Texas for help. It is unclear if Hamilton and his wife called their OB\/GYN for advice on what to do before heading to Surepoint, which does not list miscarriage care or surgery of any kind<\/strong> among its available services<\/a>. However, it would seem that the reasonable first course of action would be to make a call to one’s obstetrician.<\/p>\n

And it didn’t take long for some social media users to notice something wasn’t quite right:<\/p>\n

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This morning, I called a branch of Surepoint, the free-standing emergency center where this Texas couple first sought miscarriage care.<\/p>\n

The receptionist told me none of their locations perform any surgeries\u2014not for miscarriage, not for anything more than stitches.<\/p>\n

The\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/eFT5lzrSXf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) June 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n