Iowa bill would let women sue doctors over "abortion regret"

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Iowa GOP Encourages Women to Sue Doctors over "Abortion Regret"

In the upside-down world of Republican anti-abortion extremists, accepted medical standards constitute malpractice while lying to patients does not. That's inescapable conclusion from the latest torrent of draconian abortion restrictions now pouring out of GOP-controlled state legislatures. While Kansas has banned lawsuits by parents against physicians who refused to inform them of catastrophic fetal disorders, a new Iowa bill would allow women to sue their doctors for having performed a legal abortion at all.

As Slate put it, this latest gambit by Hawkeye State Republicans would make so-called "abortion regret" grounds for civil action against providers. Just days after the lower house passed House File 2175 banning the common "practice of doctors prescribing abortion-inducing drugs from remote locations, typically using a video link," HF 2098 sponsored by Rep. Greg Heartsill (R-Melcher-Dallas) would invite patients to sue their doctors for performing legal abortion procedures they themselves requested.

http://crooksandliars.com/2014/03/iowa-gop-encourages-women-sue-doctors-over-abortion-regret

[jsr]

1. How about a bill for "election regret"

[Downwinder]

2. Thought the GOP was all about tort reform and protecting

doctors from law suits. Guess that was last year.

[hamsterjill]

3. Oh, brother!

Then every Republican anti-choice woman who ever has an abortion because her "circumstances are different" would sue the doctor to save face.

[Aristus]

4. I see Republican support for the concept of 'personal responsibility' is alive and well...

[el_bryanto]

5. This is an amazing story. I don't know what chance the bill has of passing

but it's just insane that they would consider this.

Bryant

[Generic Other]

6. If you sign a waiver and acceptance of treatment

I don't think your lawsuit will win in court.

[sakabatou]

7. Frivolous lawsuits, anyone?

[gerogie2]

8. The GOP has sung the song for the elimination of malpractice lawsuits for decades

Now they want to promote malpractice lawsuits for women they mostly consider to be sl*ts that should keep their legs together using an aspirin between the knees.

They said it, not me!?

[gollygee]

9. There seems to be an underlying view that women

are unable to make decisions. I'm thinking of this and also the idea that there are false rape accusations because women willingly have sex and then regret it and decide it's rape.

We aren't that stupid. If a woman makes a false rape accusation it isn't because she changed her mind. It's for the same kinds of reasons anyone makes false accusations about any crimes.

Women are also able to decide to terminate pregnancies.