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Freddie

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10. Women with wanted pregnancies

Sun Jul 17, 2022, 07:46 AM

Jul 2022

I know this is impossible, but there should be sanctuaries where they can live in “free states” during the pregnancy and birth so they can get proper care if something goes wrong.

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A hospital in Central Texas told a physician not to treat an ectopic pregnancy - until it ruptured [View all] RandySF Jul 2022 OP

Guess it's known as the "kill the patient" approach. Vinca Jul 2022 #1

My daughter almost died from that Tree Lady Jul 2022 #58

I'm so happy she was able to get the proper treatment. For the life of me I don't Vinca Jul 2022 #60

Hippocratic oath anyone JT45242 Jul 2022 #2

Fuck Hippocrates. Silly, old bastid doesn't know what he's talking 'bout. 3Hotdogs Jul 2022 #3

My ob/gyn told me when he retired that he had planned to teach woodsprite Jul 2022 #30

This goes back over a decade to what Alan Grayson correctly noted BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #4

My addendum to this. halfulglas Jul 2022 #8

... BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #9

I'm still a big fan of what he did here. calimary Jul 2022 #28

Me too BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #34

+1, uponit7771 Jul 2022 #47

I so hope that Texas turns blue soon. If not... catbyte Jul 2022 #5

and the WAR ON WOMEN continues apace. I hate these woman-hating niyad Jul 2022 #6

Agree and know True Blue American Jul 2022 #54

gonna be so many slam dunk malpractice cases. mopinko Jul 2022 #7

Women with wanted pregnancies Freddie Jul 2022 #10

Texas has its own version of the Hippocratic oath: stand by and watch women die Novara Jul 2022 #11

Knowingly allowing harm to a patient breaks their hippocratic oath to "first, do no harm." ancianita Jul 2022 #12

It's not the doctors refusing. It's administrators acting sinkingfeeling Jul 2022 #13

+1 n/t area51 Jul 2022 #19

What are they supposed to do? EndlessWire Jul 2022 #46

I hear you. Isn't that a question doctors as professionals have to answer? ancianita Jul 2022 #49

Moral issues. EndlessWire Jul 2022 #52

Here's the issue. Icanthinkformyself Jul 2022 #14

And atheist women. AllyCat Jul 2022 #55

Texas medical advice -- "the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down." 70sEraVet Jul 2022 #15

Was that Gohmert? True Blue American Jul 2022 #18

Rep. Todd Akin back in 2012, trying to convince us that pregnancy from rape never happens. 70sEraVet Jul 2022 #21

Both of 'em are ignorant fuckwads. calimary Jul 2022 #29

Agree! True Blue American Jul 2022 #33

However Todd isn't from Texas MagickMuffin Jul 2022 #40

If her water breaks prematurely, she needs preventative care AllyCat Jul 2022 #16

Read this. True Blue American Jul 2022 #17

Pro-life often means death IronLionZion Jul 2022 #20

No doubt it was the hospital's insurance company. 70sEraVet Jul 2022 #22

I'm not saying that insurance companies are benevolent EndlessWire Jul 2022 #48

There is nothing in Science that shows that. These politicians are killing women. True Blue American Jul 2022 #35

Politicians and religious extremists are killing the patients. It's called murder. bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #23

Is our side doing everything humanly possible to stop this? ecstatic Jul 2022 #24

Already happening in Ohio. Yost and DeWine are in hiding. True Blue American Jul 2022 #36

This is insanity. I see a class action lawsuit brewing. Hope no one dies in the meantime. Joinfortmill Jul 2022 #25

Catholic and Baptist hospitals have always done this. alphafemale Jul 2022 #26

It's been a long time since hospitals cared more for their patients than their profits. jaxexpat Jul 2022 #27

WOW!!!! Thats crazy. Historic NY Jul 2022 #31

Coming from a mixed religious background of Catholic and Jewish ancestors, even my Ziggysmom Jul 2022 #32

Have posted with others True Blue American Jul 2022 #38

If you haven't yet please post. LiberalFighter Jul 2022 #44

This deserves to be an OP and/or cross-posted to Women's Rights and Issues... Hekate Jul 2022 #59

My sister-in-law was ecstatic when she became pregnant pfitz59 Jul 2022 #37

Any one know where Congressman Hice is from? True Blue American Jul 2022 #39

Georgia nutcase, 10th district. Rural, spread out in central to east Ga. nt Ilsa Jul 2022 #50

He kept asking the same question. Insisted the expert handle it. True Blue American Jul 2022 #53

Vote out every Republican from every office in every election gulliver Jul 2022 #41

The word of the day is DROIT. ananda Jul 2022 #42

Hospitals need to be identified. Along with specific names of higher ups. LiberalFighter Jul 2022 #43

This is insane. crickets Jul 2022 #45

This is crap healthcare and they know better RANDYWILDMAN Jul 2022 #51

+1 RandySF Jul 2022 #56

Kicked for visibility. RandySF Jul 2022 #57

Elementary algebra DFW Jul 2022 #61

How long are we going to put up with this? EnergizedLib Jul 2022 #62

Sick fucking bastards Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2022 #63

The radicalized Republican party is a woman-hating death cult. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2022 #64