The Texas Medical Board disciplined three doctors whose patients died from pregnancy complications after the doctors delayed or withheld standard care, fearing criminal prosecution under the state's abortion ban. Two doctors sent 18-year-old Nevaeh Crain home twice with sepsis and severe infection before she died; a third failed to perform a dilation and curettage on a miscarrying patient who bled to death. The board's action follows ProPublica's 2024 investigation documenting how abortion bans have frozen doctors in place, forcing them to wait for fetal demise confirmation or legal certainty before providing emergency care—a delay that has proved fatal. Texas lawmakers responded by requiring the medical board to publish guidance on legally permitted care, but maternal experts say criminal penalties of up to 99 years create ongoing physician hesitation across the country.