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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,063 posts)
Sun Jul 3, 2022, 03:31 PM Jul 2022

Guest opinion: DeSantis, Republicans want to roll back our reproductive rights even further

In my mid 30's I suffered a miscarriage at 10 weeks gestation. My OB/GYN was able to perform a procedure known as a dilation and curettage (D&C) to remove tissue from the uterus. Not doing so would have led to sepsis or other serious complications, potentially within hours. It was an extremely difficult and emotional experience, but I was emotionally helped by the knowledge that up to 26% of pregnancies end in miscarriage and 43% of all women experiencing at least one miscarriage.

As difficult as my experience was, I was not alone. A close friend of mine suffered a burst fallopian tube and went into shock as a result of an ectopic pregnancy. She would have died had her healthcare providers not had the option to immediately remove this non-viable fetus from her body. Stories like these are incredibly common, and women deserve the best possible medical care in these situations — not politicians and judges inserting themselves into hospitals and delivery rooms.

But now that the Supreme Court has reversed Roe v. Wade, I worry about all the women who might find themselves in similar situations. The conservative justices on the Supreme Court are ushering in a harsh new reality for women in this country, allowing Ron DeSantis and his radical Republican allies in the state legislature to make life a lot more difficult for women in Florida. The D&C procedure is the same one used for surgical abortion, and it may become dangerously difficult, or even impossible, for women to get this life-saving care during an emergency.

DeSantis began his attack on women’s reproductive freedoms earlier this year with his 15-week abortion ban, imposing his will into medical decisions that should be between a woman and her doctor. The Governor’s restrictive law makes no exceptions - not even for rape, incest, or human trafficking. Girls reach the ability to conceive as young as 9, which means a 3rd grader who was raped would be forced to give birth.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/guest-opinion-desantis-republicans-want-090035595.html

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Guest opinion: DeSantis, Republicans want to roll back our reproductive rights even further (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2022 OP
They are the ones that started talking about "death panels"... MiHale Jul 2022 #1

MiHale

(9,593 posts)
1. They are the ones that started talking about "death panels"...
Sun Jul 3, 2022, 03:50 PM
Jul 2022

Yeah it was about the ACA…BUT here we are…their words.

Maybe we should start talking about “Abortion Death Panels”

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