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  Theoretically, having committed medical professionals thinking together about what’s best for a mother in a medical crisis will lead to better decisions, and better outcomes. But, in a climate of intensifying fear, actual experiences in Texas tend to diverge from the ideal. The ob-gyn told me, “It took more than twenty-four hours before this patient got the care that she really needed, because people were scared, people were hesitant. We had to make sure, Is this a thousand per cent of what we’re saying it is? Cross all those ‘T’s and dot all those ‘I’s, before she could undergo the procedure that she needed.”