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Because of Wisconsin's abortion ban, one mother gave up trying for another child
Because of Wisconsin's abortion ban, one mother gave up trying for another child, NPR, 12/9/22
. . . After 10 long months of trying, Petranek got pregnant in March 2022. The whole family was thrilled. But at her first prenatal appointment, her doctor couldn't find a heartbeat. It was an early miscarriage.
Devastated, she went home to wait for the miscarriage to resolve. It was the second time she'd miscarried, and she was anxious about possible complications. The days passed miserably, she says, as she suffered through nausea, extreme fatigue, abdominal pain and backaches. After a few days, she started to run a fever. . . .
. . . During her first miscarriage years ago, Petranek ended up in the E.R. Doctors gave her a dilation and curettage, or D&C, a procedure to stop the bleeding – the same procedure that's used for many abortions.
... NPR reported on two cases [in Texas] in which women were refused treatment when their waters broke too early – one had to fly out of state for care, the other had to wait until she was showing more signs of infection. And a survey of health care providers by the Texas Policy Evaluation Project found that one hospital was no longer treating some ectopic pregnancies, even though they are never viable and can be life-threatening if left untreated.
MORE: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/12/09/npr-wisconsin-abortion-law-pregnancy-risk-miscarriage
. . . After 10 long months of trying, Petranek got pregnant in March 2022. The whole family was thrilled. But at her first prenatal appointment, her doctor couldn't find a heartbeat. It was an early miscarriage.
Devastated, she went home to wait for the miscarriage to resolve. It was the second time she'd miscarried, and she was anxious about possible complications. The days passed miserably, she says, as she suffered through nausea, extreme fatigue, abdominal pain and backaches. After a few days, she started to run a fever. . . .
. . . During her first miscarriage years ago, Petranek ended up in the E.R. Doctors gave her a dilation and curettage, or D&C, a procedure to stop the bleeding – the same procedure that's used for many abortions.
... NPR reported on two cases [in Texas] in which women were refused treatment when their waters broke too early – one had to fly out of state for care, the other had to wait until she was showing more signs of infection. And a survey of health care providers by the Texas Policy Evaluation Project found that one hospital was no longer treating some ectopic pregnancies, even though they are never viable and can be life-threatening if left untreated.
MORE: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/12/09/npr-wisconsin-abortion-law-pregnancy-risk-miscarriage
There's some 1849 anti-abortion law on the books in Wisconsin that was moot post-Roe and pre-Dobbs but is now the subject of litigation. (Edit: actually I don't know a thing about what went on pre-Roe in Wisconsin -- did the 1849 law apply back then? If not, why not?)
Anyway, when she heard about the Dobbs decision overturning Roe, and having heard of the 1849 Wisconsin law, she decided against trying to have any more children.
There are pro-natalists (8 billion is not enough!!) that are cheering Dobbs -- they might not realize it's a disincentive for some who want to have children.
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Crossposted to GD as https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217451940
One response in GD is particularly pertinent here: "There is an upcoming Supreme Court Primary in February. Please vote for the progressive candidates. Only two will move forward to the April election. It is critical that we get progressive candidates on the April ballot."