Report: Pregnant Texas mother died after doctors denied abortion care

AUSTIN, Texas — According to a report from ProPublica , a Texas mother died after doctors denied her abortion care.

The nonprofit reports that back in 2024, 37-year-old Tierra Walker started having unexplained seizures weeks into her pregnancy. Because of her history of preeclampsia – a pregnancy complication that can be life-threatening – she asked for an abortion but was told no.

A little more than two months later, ProPublica reports that Walker's teenage son found her dead in her bedroom, on his birthday. She was 20 weeks pregnant.

This is the fourth incident ProPublica has reported on involving the death of a Texas woman following denial of abortion care. The nonprofit has previously reported on the deaths of Josseli Barnica , Nevaeh Crain and Porsha Ngumezi .

Kavitha Sura