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In reply to the discussion: Kind of can't believe this. Doctors cannot treat ectopic pregnancies now [View all]AmBlue
(3,123 posts)29. Proper medical intervention for ectopics...
....would be to identify the location of the pregnancy EARLY and if it's in the tube, it needs to be terminated immediately so it never gets big enough to rupture the tube. The tubal rupture is what causes a person to hemorrhage and potentily to die, and should be avoided at all costs.
Some states are making it so that doctors are legally unable or uncomfortable to terminate ANY pregnancy, and are turning women away--even those with ectopic pregnancies.
This is what the OP is pointing out--some doctors are waiting until the ruptured tube and crashed vitals happen before they will act. Due to the way their state's laws are written. It's insanity, and puts a woman's life in jeopardy unnecessarily.
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Kind of can't believe this. Doctors cannot treat ectopic pregnancies now [View all]
Maraya1969
Jun 2022
OP
Unbelievably, "the life of the mother" is no longer considered in these new laws
Rhiannon12866
Jun 2022
#10
I would like to see a courageous prosecutor go after the Judges and he Legislators
avebury
Jun 2022
#22
I suspect a significant minority will be homicidally angry, and they're armed.
sir pball
Jun 2022
#50
Without timely medical intervention, women with ectopic pregnancies could very well die!
Rhiannon12866
Jun 2022
#9
That is the most likely outcome, but "the life of the mother" is no longer a consideration
Rhiannon12866
Jun 2022
#21
I know. This is more draconian than anything that has ever been enacted before.
Scrivener7
Jun 2022
#23
how can the government essentially order doctors to violate the hippocratic oath?
Takket
Jun 2022
#36
Uncertainty about when Irish law allowed an abortion in a life-threatening situation killled ...
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2022
#43
Here's my plan, until we get this clusterfuck fixed, have ectoipic emergencies airlifted...
The Animator
Jun 2022
#46
How do you do that for a poor woman without money or how do you make that a law?
Maraya1969
Jun 2022
#48
I don't know much about it either. If it were up to me, I'd bill the legislators directly.
The Animator
Jun 2022
#49