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A religious hospital denied her a life-saving drug during an ectopic pregnancy. She lost her fertility

A religious hospital denied her a life-saving drug during an ectopic pregnancy. She lost her fertility

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/08/illinois-hospital-ectopic-pregnancy 

A woman stands on a lawn beside a lake with her hands in her pockes.
‘I kept asking her to help me,’ Harmonie Perrone (pictured) says of Dr Dympna Coll of Advocate Good Shepherd. Photograph: Teresa Crawford for Abortion in America

A religious hospital denied her a life-saving drug during an ectopic pregnancy. She lost her fertility

Harmonie Perrone, 28, is suing Advocate Good Shepherd in Illinois, where reproductive rights are enshrined in law

Harmonie Perrone, 28, knew she was probably having an ectopic pregnancy, and she knew exactly what she needed to do: seek medical care immediately, before life-threatening complications set in.

But she was denied that care twice as she feared for her life – and, after the delay in care, she lost her fertility, she says in a new lawsuit filed Monday.

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