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Reproductive Freedom for All Statement on the Death of Josseli Barnica

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, October 30, 2024

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Reproductive Freedom for All Statement on the Death of Josseli Barnica

Washington, DC — Today, ProPublica reported on the preventable death of Josseli Barnica, a Texas woman who experienced a miscarriage but was denied care for 40 hours because of the state’s extreme abortion ban. After finally being treated and discharged from the hospital, she developed sepsis and died three days later. Josseli Barnica’s is the latest preventable death caused by abortion bans to come to light following last month’s news of Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller in Georgia. Like Amber and Candi, Josseli was already a mother and is survived by her daughter.

Reproductive Freedom for All President and CEO Mini Timmaraju released the following statement:

“Josseli Barnica’s story is horrifying. This is what happens when doctors are threatened with imprisonment for providing routine, life-saving care. My home state of Texas has been ground zero for these deadly bans and restrictions for years, and now the impact is out in the open. Donald Trump, Greg Abbott, Ted Cruz, and Ken Paxton have blood on their hands. We must end this crisis. We need national protections for abortion care and to send Kamala Harris to the White House and Colin Allred in the U.S. Senate to do it.”

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For over 50 years, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL Pro-Choice America) has fought to protect and advance reproductive freedom at the federal and state levels—including access to abortion care, birth control, pregnancy and post-partum care, and paid family leave—for everybody. Reproductive Freedom for All is powered by its more than 4 million members from every state and congressional district in the country, representing the 8 in 10 Americans who support legal abortion.