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In reply to the discussion: KCStar: 'It broke me as a physician to do this to her': How Missouri harasses women seeking abortion [View all]sheshe2
(96,362 posts)27. Thank you, WhiskeyGrinder.
There are a lot of people in this country who truly have no idea what people go through to access or provide abortion care.
True. Nor do they know what the providers go through to support these woman at the risk of not only their lives but their families lives.
This place tires me.
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KCStar: 'It broke me as a physician to do this to her': How Missouri harasses women seeking abortion [View all]
hlthe2b
Jun 2019
OP
Rachel announced part 2 of this story tomorrow night, I have a bet on what she will reveal...
hlthe2b
Jun 2019
#2
So then, don't do it. And say you did. It's morally correct to lie when asked to do something so...
JoeOtterbein
Jun 2019
#5
Health Care providers can not only lose their licenses but be brought up on charges for falsifying
hlthe2b
Jun 2019
#6
That is a poor excuse to do something evil. I know I've lost more than one job in the food biz...
JoeOtterbein
Jun 2019
#7
When is it ever good to comply with a immoral act to simply protect oneself?
JoeOtterbein
Jun 2019
#14
She's not protecting only herself by complying. She's also protecting future patients. She can
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2019
#17
All she has to do is lie on a form. That is really not all that complicated.
JoeOtterbein
Jun 2019
#19
Anti-abortion people send in fake "patients" all the time to trap and spy on providers.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2019
#20
Leaving them w NO providers while you've destroyed your own ability to practice is not a moral stand
hlthe2b
Jun 2019
#18
If they're found out, it leaves the clinic without a provider. Abortion training is not widespread.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2019
#10
I can assure you that people who work in abortion care think about these things a lot.
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2019
#15
You obviously know nothing about medicine, licensure, legal implications of falsifying records
hlthe2b
Jun 2019
#33
The physicians do not have an option except to deny the abortion IF after presenting the choice to
hlthe2b
Jun 2019
#40
Thank you, Rachel, for exposing the state-mandated sexual assault of women in Missouri.
SunSeeker
Jun 2019
#38
missou GOP needs the university of missouri to keep supporting 6 limbaugh stations -
certainot
Jun 2019
#41
might be a good idea to complain to the alumni assocation or some student groups
pstokely
Jun 2019
#44
maybe so with a forum that a number of them can actually see vs going through
certainot
Jun 2019
#64
A pelvic exam is administered before the abortion. This is second, unnecessary exam required BEFORE
hlthe2b
Jun 2019
#51
This is not a pelvic exam. This is an ultrasound conducted with the transducer wand inserted in the
WhiskeyGrinder
Jun 2019
#66
I live here. It's been this way for 40 years. It has just gotten worse or it has just gotten more
leftyladyfrommo
Jun 2019
#58