蒂埃拉·沃克的家属已对德州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿及相关医疗机构和官员提起侵权死亡诉讼1。沃克于2024年12月去世，当时怀孕20周1，年仅37岁1。家属指控医生在沃克罹患先兆子痫后拒绝提供堕胎治疗，导致这位孕妇因这一妊娠相关高血压并发症丧生1。诉讼称，沃克当时面临癫痫和血栓的风险，但其堕胎请求遭到医疗方拒绝1。
诉讼矛头直指德州严格的堕胎禁令政策1。起诉方包括帕克斯顿、德州医学委员会主任斯蒂芬·布林特·卡尔顿、德州大学卫生科学中心等1，指控他们通过执行该禁令侵犯了沃克的生命权1。这项禁令自2021年生效，仅提供极其有限的例外情况1。帕克斯顿是共和党人，目前正竞选参议院席位1，去年曾逮捕8人，指控他们与一名助产士进行非法堕胎活动有关1。
The family of Tierra Walker has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, state medical officials, and healthcare institutions, claiming that a denied abortion led to her death in December 2024 1. Walker, who was 20 weeks pregnant, died from preeclampsia, a dangerous pregnancy-related hypertension condition 1. According to the lawsuit, Walker faced risks of seizures and blood clots, yet doctors refused to provide abortion treatment that could have saved her life 1.
The lawsuit names Paxton, Texas Medical Board Director Stephen Brint Carlton, and the University of Texas Health Science Center among defendants, alleging they enforced Texas's strict abortion restrictions in violation of Walker's right to life 1. Texas's abortion ban, which took effect in 2021 with only extremely limited exceptions, has created a legal environment where physicians fear providing necessary care 1.
Paxton, a Republican currently running for a U.S. Senate seat, has previously taken aggressive enforcement action on abortion-related matters, having arrested eight people last year on charges related to alleged illegal abortion activity involving a midwife 1.
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