After which failed pregnancy should I have been imprisoned?

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Georgia Congresswoman - unbelievably powerful testimony

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1. That was amazing

Thank you for sharing. Women's rights are human rights! For sure.

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2. Lucy McBath is a national treasure. nt

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3. Powerful and...

...eloquent.

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4. shared her painful story of multiple miscarriages and a stillbirth (text)

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/05/congresswoman-gives-heartbreaking-testimony-stillbirths-abortion-hearing/

Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) shared her painful story of multiple miscarriages and a stillbirth during a House Judiciary Committee hearing about abortion access yesterday, raising the question of whether states will use the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade to criminalize stillbirths or medical care used to treat them.

She talked about how she had to carry a dead fetus for weeks while people congratulated her on her pregnancy before labor could be induced.

“When my doctor finally induced me, I faced the pain of labor without hope for a living child,” she said. “This is my story. It’s uniquely my story. And yet it’s not so unique.”

And so I ask, on behalf of these women: after which failed pregnancy should I have been imprisoned?” McBath asked. “Would it have been after the first miscarriage? After doctors used what would be an illegal drug to abort the lost fetus?”

“Would you have put me in jail after the second miscarriage? Perhaps that would have been the time, forced to reflect in confinement at the guilt I felt, the guilt that so many women feel after losing their pregnancies?”

“Or, would you have put me behind bars after my stillbirth?” she continued. “After I was forced to carry a dead fetus for weeks, after asking God if I was ever gonna be able to raise a child.”

“And I ask because the same medicine used to treat my failed pregnancies is the same medicine states like Texas would make illegal.”

“I ask, because if Alabama makes abortion murder, does it make miscarriage manslaughter?”

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5. In Texas Pharmacies, a Chilling Side Effect of Abortion Bans Is Already Playing Out

In Texas Pharmacies, a Chilling Side Effect of Abortion Bans Is Already Playing Out, Slate, May 24, 2022

. . . the medication that is prescribed to end a pregnancy isn’t just used for abortions. One such drug [misoprostol], prevents stomach ulcers and induces labor. Another [Methotrexate] is used for chemotherapy, arthritis, and lupus.

But now, amid mounting restrictions on legal abortion, some pharmacists fear that if they fill prescriptions for these drugs, even for non-abortion reasons, they could be subject to civil lawsuits or criminal prosecution.

In the state of Texas—where abortions have been severely restricted for more than eight months—this problem is already leading to administrative hassles and treatment delays that endanger patients and frustrate medical personnel.

In an interview with the Slate podcast What Next, Natalie Crawford, an Austin-based OB-GYN and fertility doctor, said that pharmacists in her area “do not want to fill” prescriptions for misoprostol, a drug commonly used to prevent stomach ulcers and induce labor. Crawford and other physicians sometimes use misoprostol to soften the cervix of a patient who isn’t pregnant before performing a gynecological procedure, such as inserting an IUD or examining the inside of her uterus.

. . . [speaking about CVS and some other pharmacies, a doctor says: ] “now require their employees to speak directly to the prescriber on the phone before filling a misoprostol prescription. If they don’t speak with someone, or if the diagnosis code does not match their allowed codes, they will deny the prescription,” Jamie said. “I have also run into issues with pharmacies not being able to reach us on Friday or after hours or on the weekends when our offices are closed, and denying the prescription.”

More, a lot more (no paywall, via MSN) https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/in-texas-pharmacies-a-chilling-side-effect-of-abortion-bans-is-already-playing-out/ar-AAXEhAH?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=88fd33cc69f34b3f888ba9ab8342504a

Things in square brackets above are my additions.

"To make matters worse, the medical term for a miscarriage is spontaneous abortion."