My Texas niece

[KentuckyWoman]

I was asked to follow up. She is doing well.
The Texas docs diagnosed and told her what her options in Texas were. I was told they did not, could not, encourage her to obtain medical care outside the state. The parents of the child took it from there.

Women with connections or means have a better chance of managing through the hateful cruelty of these Texas laws. Thank goodness for the states that stepped up to say "you can come here."

MOST women faced with these hard choices will not be able to go out of state to get care. A lot of them even struggle to get regular check ups, birth control or prenatal care, let alone anything else. Those of us old enough to be of child bearing age in the 60s and 70s remember. We can't go back. We just CAN'T.

SOMETHING has to be done about the Supreme court.
SOMETHING has to be done to stop politicians from using women's lives as wedge.
SOMETHING has to be done about access to medical care in rural areas.

Thankfully for my niece, she will be OK.

Thank you to everyone who showed support and especially to those who advanced the conversation in the other thread highlighting places women can go for help.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. So glad to hear that your niece will be OK.

[Think. Again.]

2. We are NOT going back.

[canetoad]

3. Glad she'll be OK

Despite the cruelty of SCOTUS.

[SheltieLover]

4. I've been thinking of her all day

So glad she will be ok.

Beyond ridiculous the extremes she & her family had to go to in order to save her life!

We absolutely must take both houses & the White House!

I honestly believe puke party of pootin should be deemed a terrorist organization.

Hugs to you!

ps - ty for the update!

[StarryNite]

5. Thank you for the update.

Take care.

[Zoomie1986]

6. So happy to hear this

I wish all of you the best. You're good people and deserve it.

[czarjak]

7. Be better, Republicans.

Too much to ask?

[malaise]

8. Glad your niece is getting help

Rec

[Clouds Passing]

9. That is good news. I hope her treatments go well.

Yes the scotus 6 are horrible people, nothing decent or compassionate about any of them.

I hope Joe has plans in the cooker!

[dflprincess]

10. Been wondering how she was

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I'm glad she'll be OK but I'm so angry Texas made this awful situation so much worse. I agree with everything you said.

[orleans]

11. glad she's doing okay. thank you for letting us know. nt

[wendyb-NC]

12. Glad to hear that she got the health care she needed wanted.

[surfered]

13. Glad to hear all is well. Texas is a dangerous place for women of child bearing age.

Because Republicans control all branches of government.

[SWBTATTReg]

22. Yes, so much for their Charitable and Christian attitudes, eh? No wonder the Christian denominations in this

Country are dropping like a rock. Not every medical situation is the same, the human body is so different, from person to person, and to willy nilly or shoehorn everybody into a same process (e.g., no abortion despite it may kill the mother and child, or one or the other).

There isn't religious freedom in this Country when all women are subject to the same abortion ban, no matter what.

[surfered]

23. They legislate medical practice without scientific input.

[Blue Full Moon]

14. Good to hear

There is a lot of work to do in this country. Women's reproductive health and our horrible health care system needs to be addressed. For a modern country we have areas that maternal and infant mortality rates are of a 3rd world country. With the rulings of the republican packed supreme court all of it has been exacerbated.

[MLAA]

15. Thank you for the update. I'm sending best wishes for her and her husband's recovery.

[MontanaMama]

16. I am really glad your niece will be okay.

I went to bed thinking of her.

I want to believe that we aren’t going to go back but we already have. Your niece is proof of this. We have to draw a line in the sand that it goes no further.

[Bluethroughu]

17. All we can do is everything to GOTV.

Voting BLUE ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

[HeartsCanHope]

18. I, too, have been thinking about your niece all day.

Thank you for posting a follow-up. I am so relieved and thankful that she will be okay. Thank you for being willing to share your family's pain to help others and point out the needless cruelty that denies women compassionate, humane healthcare. Hopefully the resources posted will help other women to get the healthcare they need. We must vote out ANYONE who thinks women should suffer for some twisted, evil ideology. We will NOT go back!

[Batshit_Bruin_CA]

19. Glad to hear your niece is recovering well. Thank you

For the update. And thank you for taking the opportunity to remind us of all that is at stake in the upcoming election. Women's rights to their own body, their access to healthcare, and the right to say NO and mean it.
These are not mere abstractions in some policy platform. They are the ground substance of our lives.

What can I do about any of this? Not much directly. But I am looking at my budget resources, and listing for myself, some priorities for donations, admittedly modest. But I can add my small offerings to the thousands of others, similarly motivated. And, we can VOTE.

[onecaliberal]

20. So glad your niece is okay. Very sad about her ordeal.

We’re not going back.

[democratsruletheday]

21. Man...not a fan of Texas even MORE so

after hearing this. Scary stuff and SO glad she's ok. That said, it just makes me worry and wonder about so many other women who don't have viable options. EFF the Supreme Court Six.

[Hekate]

24. TY for the update, and I'm so glad to hear she is recovering well

🌈🦋 May she and her family have the blessings of health from here on.

For you, KentuckyWoman