Ohio+How A Cruel Anti-Abortion Law Affected My Very Much Wanted Pregnancy

[irisblue]

cross posted from Ohio group.


Ohio+How A Cruel Anti-Abortion Law Affected My Very Much Wanted Pregnancy
source-https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_612ff3f9e4b05f53eda3008c

snip--"Abortion laws are not theoretical to me. People who procure abortions are not the stereotypical images pulled from evangelical Christian proselytizing, but are my friends and family. I have always been pro-choice, but up until 2016, the decisions were theoretical. I had never expected to want or to procure an abortion for myself, but supported the right for others."


snip--"I called the physician in again and told him that I’d like to go off of the medication that was preventing my labor. I double-checked with him and with two other physicians ― there really wasn’t anything they could do to save my boys? There was not. However, he warned me kindly, I should know that they could take me off of the drugs, but, due to Ohio law, they could not help me deliver my babies. Helping my labor progress when my babies weren’t viable was akin to second-trimester abortion in Ohio, and therefore, they could only deliver them if two doctors signed a form certifying that my life was in danger.

snip--"Ohio state law, section 2919.151, titled “Partial birth feticide,” states that “When the fetus that is the subject of the procedure is not viable, no person shall knowingly perform a partial birth procedure on a pregnant woman when the procedure is not necessary, in reasonable medical judgment, to preserve the life or health of the mother as a result of the mother’s life or health being endangered by a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function."

snip--"I woke up from a drug-induced sleep around 8 a.m. Finally, my blood pressure was high enough. Finally, after a leak in my amniotic fluid the previous night, I had been subject to possible infection long enough that my life was suitably in danger. Two physicians signed the form. "


more at source.

TBH, I needed kleenex

[hlthe2b]

1. Devastating and something few of those making decisions about women and their health

would likely understand. They WILLFULLY CHOOSE not to understand.

Damn these (almost always) Republican MEN.

[Maraya1969]

2. Check out this horrible law.

Ohio state law, section 2919.151, titled “Partial birth feticide,” states that “When the fetus that is the subject of the procedure is not viable, no person shall knowingly perform a partial birth procedure on a pregnant woman when the procedure is not necessary, in reasonable medical judgment, to preserve the life or health of the mother as a result of the mother’s life or health being endangered by a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.”

Going against this law would be a second-degree felony.
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It says right in the law "When the fetus is not viable"

My mother told me about a friend of hers whose fetus died and they would not remove it because abortion was illegal back then. She had to walk around with a dead fetus in her waiting for her body to naturally expel it