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Ms. Toad

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88. At risk for other reasons is a non-discriminatory reason.

Sat Oct 7, 2023, 12:36 AM

Oct 2023

In other words, they aren't rejecting all pregnant women - only high risk pregnant women. It might be malpractice for them to take on high risk pregnancies. That might be just a pretext, but that's arder to prove.

The year also matters. Gender discrimination wasn't illegal until the 60s, and it wasn't until the late 70s that pregnacy was recognized as part of gender discrimination.

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A Woman Was Denied Medication for Being of 'Childbearing Age.' She Just Sued the Hospital [View all] sinkingfeeling Oct 2023 OP

DURec leftstreet Oct 2023 #1

Good for her, because that "policy" is just nuts Hekate Oct 2023 #2

And totally ridiculous since NY law strongly protects the reproductive rights wnylib Oct 2023 #77

Geez....They prescribe Accutane to women of childbearing age all the time LeftInTX Oct 2023 #3

I believe Accutane requires birth control pills for women AlexSFCA Oct 2023 #45

Yes, it does LeftInTX Oct 2023 #47

It required two forms of birth control when our daughter had it prescribed. phylny Oct 2023 #60

Same here. ShazzieB Oct 2023 #87

I'm curious if the "steady person" had been another woman what the reaction would have been? CrispyQ Oct 2023 #4

Unless we vote them out and leep voting them out forever. mahina Oct 2023 #53

good i hope she wins millions moonshinegnomie Oct 2023 #5

Oklahoma 1982. Delmette2.0 Oct 2023 #25

Times have changed. Elessar Zappa Oct 2023 #48

In 1976 it was done routinely just by asking. Different parts of the country were.....different. housecat Oct 2023 #55

1977 I had to shop around to find a doctor that would do my tubal csziggy Oct 2023 #58

Yikes !! Delmette2.0 Oct 2023 #59

Despite a tubal ligation procedure, an ex co-worker of mine got PG anyway! Backseat Driver Oct 2023 #57

My wife knew she would have a c-section for our 2nd child progressoid Oct 2023 #66

Wow, just wow. What is so disturbing is it is absolutely believable this is going on all over the MLAA Oct 2023 #6

And what's with the doctor saying she should bring her partner in... brush Oct 2023 #7

Sounds kind of pervy as well. TNNurse Oct 2023 #14

Yes. Certainly none of his business. brush Oct 2023 #20

Reminded me of "old" doctors KentuckyWoman Oct 2023 #21

for the last two decades, women only doctors as primary and could not be more happy LizBeth Oct 2023 #71

That was pretty creepy SouthernDem4ever Oct 2023 #23

Good republianmushroom Oct 2023 #8

Why sue the medical business - the state that enforced this should be sued-I stand corrected Stargazer99 Oct 2023 #9

what did the state enforce WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2023 #31

This was in NY, which has very strong, pro choice reproductive rights laws for women. wnylib Oct 2023 #78

I applaud her. TSExile Oct 2023 #10

I'm a 65-year-old woman with three children phylny Oct 2023 #62

I'm sorry... TSExile Oct 2023 #63

Thanks! phylny Oct 2023 #64

I can see this happening in an anti-abortion state, but not NY SpankMe Oct 2023 #11

Dr a right winger Rebl2 Oct 2023 #13

+ agree. n/t iluvtennis Oct 2023 #15

This is where I live LoveMyCali Oct 2023 #24

"I wonder why a doc would be so cautious about this?" WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2023 #32

Yep. As a woman, I find this INFURIATING!!! calimary Oct 2023 #37

when I got a vasectomy Darwins_Retriever Oct 2023 #49

I wonder whose approval they would have needed Farmer-Rick Oct 2023 #52

I was in my late thirties when i asked... druidity33 Oct 2023 #68

Wow, that's so controlling Farmer-Rick Oct 2023 #69

nu uh, though i have heard lots on the other side, not once heard this. LizBeth Oct 2023 #73

my husband did not. went in got it easy peasy LizBeth Oct 2023 #72

Because doctors have been sued and lost Darwins_Retriever Oct 2023 #46

So they arbitrarily get to deny? Are you serious? vanlassie Oct 2023 #50

They can dump you. If she's been dumped and think she might have been, it will be interesting. LeftInTX Oct 2023 #79

Oh FFS ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #38

Jezus. That's awful. progressoid Oct 2023 #67

I wouldn't have wanted that doc to lay a finger on me, much less a scalpel Hekate Oct 2023 #81

The result of the Supreme Court legalizing not doing your job because of religious objections Lonestarblue Oct 2023 #12

Agnostic isn't a religious/belief position ExWhoDoesntCare Oct 2023 #41

How Does Your Post... ProfessorGAC Oct 2023 #56

+1 for the Professor Attilatheblond Oct 2023 #85

I'm surprised because this is our local hospital nuxvomica Oct 2023 #16

I am really starting for fear for all of us. This could happen to many of us!! damn riversedge Oct 2023 #17

Sounds like her visit to her doctor was not private bucolic_frolic Oct 2023 #18

My childfree friends have told similar stories about being refused (or counseled against) procedures AZSkiffyGeek Oct 2023 #19

My mother, born in 1920, told me about marybourg Oct 2023 #22

the patient? ahlnord Oct 2023 #26

There are 7 additional paragraphs. LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #27

Thanks. I could not view those on my phone. Don't know why. sinkingfeeling Oct 2023 #34

That is so awful. Kath2 Oct 2023 #28

This part is disturbing too. LiberalFighter Oct 2023 #29

Welcome to Gilead if..fish..had..wings Oct 2023 #30

In order to save the hypothetical baby . . . John1956PA Oct 2023 #33

"...could cause birth defects to a hypothetical fetus." dchill Oct 2023 #36

Sounds more like a cluster f*ck. This doc had an agenda & it wasn't treating headaches Joinfortmill Oct 2023 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author maliaSmith Oct 2023 #39

I hope she gets so much money that place goes out of business ZonkerHarris Oct 2023 #40

She's got a decent case to sue for medical neglect Warpy Oct 2023 #42

She also has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome LeftInTX Oct 2023 #51

Like 1960. That doctor was way out of line Iris Oct 2023 #43

Is Albany Medical Health Partners affiliated with the Catholic church? Boomerproud Oct 2023 #44

du rec AllaN01Bear Oct 2023 #54

They don't give a shit about women. Not one shit. flying_wahini Oct 2023 #61

OMG, poor woman. Cluster headaches are AGONIZINGLY painful... n/t TygrBright Oct 2023 #65

She should also sue the so called doctor and every entity involved JanMichael Oct 2023 #70

Kick 🦵 Demovictory9 Oct 2023 #74

I take it she's never had an X-ray, MRI, CT scan, or anesthesia . . . Ms. Toad Oct 2023 #75

I think she's been dumped. I've been told you can't sue if you've been dumped. LeftInTX Oct 2023 #80

You can, but succeeding isn't straightforward. Ms. Toad Oct 2023 #83

I was dumped when I was pregnant, because I was pregnant and considered "at risk" due to having LeftInTX Oct 2023 #86

At risk for other reasons is a non-discriminatory reason. Ms. Toad Oct 2023 #88

Hospitals hate it when the cash flow isn't in their direction. Aussie105 Oct 2023 #76

The doctor should be named budkin Oct 2023 #82

There needs to be a penalty. Snackshack Oct 2023 #84