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In reply to the discussion: No OB-GYNs left in town: what came after Idaho's assault on abortion [View all]Sky Jewels
(9,148 posts)15. Prediction: A lot of multiple-sibling families will become motherless.
There are a ton of Mormon and other breed-like-bunnies extremist religious sects in Idaho. Many women start popping out babies early, and keep on going into their 40s. That provides A LOT of opportunities for pregnancies and births to go south. Many of these people live in rural areas with little access to health care anyway. Without OB/Gyns they will be screwn. When complications occur, Mom will die, leaving dad with six or eight or ten or more kids. Then most of these men will remarry some poor young woman within a few months so she can be the household servant/childcare giver.
That state is a nightmare.
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No OB-GYNs left in town: what came after Idaho's assault on abortion [View all]
moonshinegnomie
Aug 2023
OP
That's why Idaho Republicans decided that the state will no longer publish maternal deaths.
Lonestarblue
Aug 2023
#33
And it is the whole anti-science climate too. This will affect other professions too.
erronis
Aug 2023
#22
Do you appreciate the propaganda value the MSM sees in assigning blame for bad things to states
RAB910
Aug 2023
#11
Yeah, it would be better if they said "the Idaho Republicans' assault on abortion rights."
Sky Jewels
Aug 2023
#16
Fundamentalists probably don't need docs: If they die in childbirth, it was gaawd's will
lindysalsagal
Aug 2023
#24
Abortion is a MEDICAL PROCEDURE - that is why they aren't legally performed by priests, rabbis,
TeamProg
Aug 2023
#26
It may also be a hostile environment for medical professionals who are immigrants and/or not white.
hunter
Aug 2023
#32
Can you imagine being a doctor with a patient in distress that you can save with a simple procedure
Midnight Writer
Aug 2023
#38