Something forgotten in the "Doctors Leaving state X" issue of the

[zbdent]

"lawsuit reform" issue:

Haven't a number of (red) states declared that harming or "killing" an unborn child (a.k.a. "fetus"), even by accident, is tantamount to MURDER?

Now, one of the main issues about "doctors running from the state" (whether here in Ohio or any other state) was the idea of doctors who treat pregnant mothers can't afford "malpractice insurance" any more. I guess when you are a doctor, and your error kills an unborn child, that's "malpractice"; if you're driving in a car and another car pulls out in front of you, causing you to hit the car (because the roads are icy), and the pregnant woman in that car is injured and spontaneously aborts the "unborn child", then you are a murderer.

So a doctor who prescribes the wrong medication for a condition and "kills an unborn child" more than once is okay to continue practicing medicine (mainly because he is protected by the law). Or is that his "love" of women, as so eloquently stated by the Red States' President?

[Warpy]

1. That's a small part of it

A bigger part of it is a case of unrealistic expectations. It seems too many people are so badly informed about reproduction that they fully expect an uneventful pregnancy followed by the delivery of a perfect infant. When it doesn't happen like that, they tend to lash out at the doctor. That's why OBs are at such a high risk for lawsuits. Since the red states are the least likely to have adequate sex education, they are also the riskiest for lawsuits when something goes wrong.

Yes, pregnancy and childbirth are normal conditions. No, they are not safe conditions. Bringing new people into this world is dangerous, and it's high freaking time more people (especially men) relize it.