A hospital in Eureka, Calif. illegally denied a pregnant woman an emergency abortion earlier this year, state prosecutors allege in a new lawsuit. The patient, Anna Nusslock, was 15 weeks pregnant with twins when her water broke, the lawsuit claims. Her doctor said the pregnancy was no longer viable and recommended an emergency abortion. But her healthcare providers at Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka in Humboldt County declined to perform the procedure. The hospital has a policy that "prohibits doctors and nurses from providing emergency abortion care so long as a fetus … has a detectable heartbeat," Attorney General Rob Bonta said in a press conference Monday morning.
