Abortion laws spark profound changes in other medical care

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/article/abortion-science-health-medication-lupus-e4042947e4cc0c45e38837d394199033

Abortion laws spark profound changes in other medical care
By LINDSEY TANNER

A sexual assault survivor chooses sterilization so that if she is ever attacked again, she won’t be forced to give birth to a rapist’s baby. An obstetrician delays inducing a miscarriage until a woman with severe pregnancy complications seems “sick enough.” A lupus patient must stop taking medication that controls her illness because it can also cause miscarriages.

Abortion restrictions in a number of states and the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade are having profound repercussions in reproductive medicine as well as in other areas of medical care.

“For physicians and patients alike, this is a frightening and fraught time, with new, unprecedented concerns about data privacy, access to contraception, and even when to begin lifesaving care,” said Dr. Jack Resneck, president of the American Medical Association.

Even in medical emergencies, doctors are sometimes declining immediate treatment. In the past week, an Ohio abortion clinic received calls from two women with ectopic pregnancies — when an embryo grows outside the uterus and can’t be saved — who said their doctors wouldn’t treat them. Ectopic pregnancies often become life-threatening emergencies and abortion clinics aren’t set up to treat them.

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[Solly Mack]

1. K&R

These folks will never convince me their goal isn't to murder as many women as possible. Those they can't beat down with fear, they want dead.

I do not now, nor have I ever, thought that the attacks on women come from a place of a "sincerely held belief". I don't think they have good intentions, none of them. I don't for a second believe they are rational people.

[slightlv]

2. K&R n/t

[Rebl2]

3. What gets me

is this will effect republican women too. Women who have ectopic pregnancies, or other dangerous problems during pregnancy.

[Solly Mack]

4. They'll tell themselves how noble they are for dying for a fetus (that will also die).