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Peacetrain

(24,293 posts) Tue May 3, 2022, 06:49 AM May 2022

Will a woman having an ectopic pregnancy in the US have to die ?? [View all]

Since there is no provision for the health of women... in the US over 100,000 pregnancies a year are ectopic.. and it is the leading cause of maternal death.. years ago we almost lost a dear friend to ectopic pregnancy and only through medical intervention was her life saved. There is no running for the nearest state that can provide an abortion.. it was a matter of hours for her.. I

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/ectopic-pregnancy/symptoms-causes/syc-20372088

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Will a woman having an ectopic pregnancy in the US have to die ?? [View all] Peacetrain May 2022 OP

Seems like it. Unless the medical profession can rename and recodify the condition. nt Samrob May 2022 #1

It was that close, just hours if they not intervened.. she would have been dead Peacetrain May 2022 #3

Do you think guys like Governor Abbott or DeSantis care if a woman dies? Walleye May 2022 #2

I am floored .. just floored Peacetrain May 2022 #4

What pisses me off atreides1 May 2022 #24

Yes I can't begin to understand the women on that side Walleye May 2022 #25

Seems like it could come to that. Laffy Kat May 2022 #5

Oh Lord... I am just in tears right now.. we will lose women.. girls.. Peacetrain May 2022 #6

Yes, back to the Dark Ages. Laffy Kat May 2022 #36

No. speak easy May 2022 #43

Some do, and some do not. DemocraticPatriot May 2022 #47

Which ones do not? speak easy May 2022 #49

I may be thinking of bills which are still in the legislative process across various states, DemocraticPatriot May 2022 #55

Well, sort of Farmer-Rick May 2022 #51

An ectopic pregnancy will kill the mother if untreated - that's certain. speak easy May 2022 #59

Yeah, sure Farmer-Rick May 2022 #77

Prove that you were raped or a victim of incest? speak easy May 2022 #79

Yeah, I kind of worded it badly Farmer-Rick May 2022 #80

Does a republikan care? lastlib May 2022 #69

In some of the red states . . .. Lovie777 May 2022 #7

Not only will there be dead women vlyons May 2022 #8

can you just imagine the tales that will spring up around that? mopinko May 2022 #57

Next up will be a law to jail multigraincracker May 2022 #9

Lawmakers will say... ProudMNDemocrat May 2022 #19

That's how they did it in Romania jmowreader May 2022 #81

Something for Congress to revisit bucolic_frolic May 2022 #10

In some states HAB911 May 2022 #11

Before the last national election, I read an article about a candidate explaining why he was pro-choice Rhiannon12866 May 2022 #12

Less voters over time. That is how Republicans view women. ProudMNDemocrat May 2022 #21

Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) Pinback May 2022 #28

Thank you so much! Rhiannon12866 May 2022 #72

You're welcome. Pinback May 2022 #74

It's extremely important and what this decision is all about Rhiannon12866 May 2022 #75

Yeah, that's how it was before Roe Farmer-Rick May 2022 #56

Well said and I couldn't agree more Rhiannon12866 May 2022 #73

Yes, some will. Time will not be on their side. Also watch for Iris May 2022 #13

And since this causes infection to the mother, the mother Karma13612 May 2022 #16

My mother told me a friend of hers had to do that. It sounds so barbaric and Maraya1969 May 2022 #23

That happened to my mother in law BonnieJW May 2022 #38

Many years ago, in CA, a friend was pregnant. Close to her duue date, it was niyad May 2022 #39

Manslaughter NowISeetheLight May 2022 #14

+1, uponit7771 May 2022 #52

It will depend on each state's law, I suppose 867-5309. May 2022 #15

Have you read the most-recently passed laws? niyad May 2022 #40

Those provisions are purposely vague Farmer-Rick May 2022 #58

I would like Prosecutor to have the guts to prosecute Legislators avebury May 2022 #17

Have to? No. But they will because that's the choice the anti-women crowd has made. Solly Mack May 2022 #18

My beloved friend Stacey died in agonizing pain from an ectopic pregnancy. Mister Ed May 2022 #20

I am so so sorry.. I am so stunned by all of this Peacetrain May 2022 #29

Even for the new laws that allow for health of women, they are vaguely written. Doctor risks Demovictory9 May 2022 #22

Can Congress pass a law protecting women in these situations? IronLionZion May 2022 #26

Congress can pass a law making abortion legal again. hedda_foil May 2022 #63

An ectopic pregnancy is a death sentence and the fools deciding what women should do with Vinca May 2022 #27

That'a highly unlikely. The goal is births and an ectopic Phoenix61 May 2022 #30

Really? You find it unlikely? Here's from last month. Scrivener7 May 2022 #37

That's not what it says. The problem is it is very poorly Phoenix61 May 2022 #42

Oh, sure. Let's take a crap-written bill, one that in reality prohibits access to Scrivener7 May 2022 #46

Wow! You have no idea if I have a uterus or not. Phoenix61 May 2022 #60

Too freaking funny. There is not a thing in that post that could remotely be construed as Scrivener7 May 2022 #61

Pro-life my as_. This is about power and control. Evolve Dammit May 2022 #31

Yes, because the life of a woman is worth less than that of a sinkingfeeling May 2022 #32

We're just women Bettie May 2022 #33

In simple response to your query, the answer now is YES. Many, many women and girls will die now. Texin May 2022 #34

Yes. It is specifically and intentionally written INTO some laws. Sit with that for a moment. Scrivener7 May 2022 #35

No. speak easy May 2022 #41

All you women are just going to have to accept the fact that you are merely... ECL213 May 2022 #44

Yes, Ken Blackwell, ex mayor of Cincinnati said exactly that. Boomerproud May 2022 #62

My daughter had that type of pregnancy Tree Lady May 2022 #45

Oh, absolutely. Ligyron May 2022 #48

Welcome to Afghanistan world wide wally May 2022 #50

So what about the reservations? greymattermom May 2022 #53

For years, I've been saying that no Dr. T May 2022 #54

Yes - BTDT JustAnotherGen May 2022 #64

wtf! That is just madness. Celerity May 2022 #65

Was going in for a salpingectomy JustAnotherGen May 2022 #66

How long ago was that? renate May 2022 #67

Not permission - JustAnotherGen May 2022 #68

The GOP deliberately let a million people die of covid. Irish_Dem May 2022 #70

There are genetic defects dangerous to the mother spinbaby May 2022 #71

doesn't that violate DO NO HARM Skittles May 2022 #76

Nope. Multiple women will die. GoCubsGo May 2022 #78