@cbsmornings: The family of Tierra Walker, who died of preeclampsia at the age of 37 when she was 20 weeks pregnant, has filed a lawsuit in Texas, saying she was denied an abortion that could have saved her life as her health quickly deteriorated. "Tierra Walker is dead because not one of her health care providers would give her the one medical procedure that would have saved her life," Michelle Maloney, an attorney representing the family, told CBS News. They refused, she said, because of what she called "the immense culture of fear" that has developed around abortion in the state of Texas since the near-total ban came into effect in 2022.

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Friday 18 September 2026 11:02:40 GMT