Barbara Skrobol, the sister-in-law of the late Izabela Sajbor, who died of sepsis in September 2021 because doctors refused to terminate her nonviable pregnancy, described Sajbor’s harrowing last moments to European Union lawmakers.
“We were not [allowed] to visit her but received text messages from her saying the doctors were waiting for her fetus’ heartbeat to stop,” Skrobol said in her testimony. “Iza knew her life was in danger but was keen to live for her family. Just hours before she died, her last text message said, ‘Women are being treated as incubators.'”
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