Opinion: I'm the state's chief medical officer. Overturning Roe threatens public health

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Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, chief medical executive for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.


As a mother, I know that pregnancy can bring tremendous joy. As a doctor, I also know that pregnancy is a major life event, and one that is not necessarily without complications. For many, it is easy. For others, it is not. Pregnancy can bring grief, life-threatening complications, or long-term health issues. Every patient has unique life circumstances.

Just as people make decisions with their providers about any course of action for their health, decisions about the course of a pregnancy — including whether to become or stay pregnant — should be made by a woman with the counsel of her family, her faith and her doctor. Reproductive health care should not be dictated by the politics of the day.

The decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn nearly half a century of precedent protecting safe, legal abortion violates the trusted relationship between a patient and their doctor. Physicians around the world swear an oath to “do no harm,” to protect the interests of their patients while preserving their privacy; yet this law will criminalize our efforts to honor a patient’s decision-making, their autonomy and their right to make medical decisions that take into account their unique life circumstances.

I have significant concerns about the effect Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban will have on a pregnant person’s health if it fully comes into effect. This would be our new reality:

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[Walleye]

1. Exactly. Women are all built different, and some have quite a difficult time giving birth

I really do think this is a genuine crime against humanity. torture