hemorrhage

A leading cause of death among pregnant American women, more than hypertensive disorders, hemorrhage, or sepsis, is homicide.

A much earlier study found that Black women didn’t have significantly higher rates of preeclampsia, postpartum hemorrhage and other major complications than white women, yet Black women who had such complications were two to three times more likely to die of them than white women with such conditions.

One of the attending physicians, Dr. Barry Markovitz, told an officer that Isiah’s injuries — retinal damage, severe hemorrhage, and swelling in the brain — were “inconsistent” with falling off a bed.

Doctors who treated Isiah at the hospital for three days, and later — after he died— examined his body, told law enforcement the injuries suffered by the boy—retinal damage, severe hemorrhage, and swelling in the brain—could only be caused by someone violently shaking the child, a medical phenomenon called shaken baby syndrome.

They agreed Nusslock needed an abortion as soon as possible to stave off an infection or hemorrhage, the lawsuit says.