Texas hospital that discharged woman with doomed pregnancy violated the law, a federal inquiry finds

WASHINGTON — A Texas hospital that repeatedly sent a woman who was bleeding and in pain home without ending her nonviable, life-threatening pregnancy violated the law, according to a newly released federal investigation.

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A Texas hospital that sent a woman home without ending her life-threatening pregnancy violated the law, a federal investigation found

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