Teen girl denied medication refill under AZ's new abortion law

[Swede]

This is horrible.


https://www.kold.com/2022/10/01/teen-girl-denied-medication-refill-under-azs-new-abortion-law/

[dchill]

1. This has to be attempted murder by law.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - A 14-year-old Tucson girl was denied a refill of a life-saving prescription drug she had been taking for years just two days after Arizona’s new abortion law had taken effect.

14 year old Emma Thompson has debilitating rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis which has kept her in and out of the hospital for most of her life. She relies on methotrexate to help tame the effects of the disease.

But methotrexate can also be used to end ectopic pregnancies, to induce an abortion and that’s where the problem arises.

“As a mother who has had to deal with my child being very ill most of her life, I was scared, I was really worried,” said her mother Kaitlin Preble. “I was shaking. I was in tears. I didn’t know what to do.”

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Who decided this? Methotrexate is cancer drug that that has been around...

for while and seems well understood. The only time I'm aware it is used as an abortifacient is during an ectopic pregnancy when the fetus has no chance of survival and often the mother, too.

This whole thing is completely out of hand and there should be severe punishment for amateurs playing doctor.

[dchill]

3. "...amateurs playing doctor."

Or Republicans playing lawmakers - or rational thinkers - or well-intentioned adults.

[ck4829]

8. Republicans playing doctor

Republicans playing doctor, always a bad idea

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. Back in the days before the Extreme Court, you could count on the law protecting people.

[SunSeeker]

4. She needs to move to California. nt

[Celerity]

5. The shitholing of America in areas where Rethugs have power continues apace.

[Timeflyer]

7. Women need to rise up and storm the AZ capital like a MOTHER!

Don't endanger our girls! We will fight like hell and never stop! Rethugs don't get to decide that the only valuable lives are fetuses.

[ck4829]

9. If you as a patient are going to be treated like trash, then maybe your money is also trash