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TheKentuckian

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74. Wrong. I know a white man that got sent away with

Tue Jan 2, 2024, 11:00 PM

Jan 2024

a bursting appendix and nearly died.

Similar happened to my daughter's brother except he is just eleven, black, they pretended he was drug seeking, and the poor boy ended up in the hospital for almost a month with cascading issues stemming from the bursted appendix.

Yes, they let men and boys suffer and die too.

Not at all to minimize this travesty but you are definitely off base with this piece of it.

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Emergency rooms not required to perform life-saving abortions, 5th Circuit rules [View all] Nevilledog Jan 2024 OP

FUCK THE GODDAMNED WOMAN-HATING ZEALOTS OF THE 5TH CIRCUIT. niyad Jan 2024 #1

What you said! yardwork Jan 2024 #2

Right, would they send men to the parking lot to die for any reason? Irish_Dem Jan 2024 #7

Wrong. I know a white man that got sent away with TheKentuckian Jan 2024 #74

Yes but it is not because politicians have made laws directing men to be killed. Irish_Dem Jan 2024 #90

Exactly Farmer-Rick Jan 2024 #95

Can you imagine if there were "let men die" laws? Irish_Dem Jan 2024 #104

Your examples miss the point a bit SpankMe Jan 2024 #99

And then some! ShazzieB Jan 2024 #12

The more death of women, the more they approve. enough Jan 2024 #3

Why this 3rd generation Texan will never set foot in that state again! CTyankee Jan 2024 #4

You're missing out TexasDem69 Jan 2024 #14

I would not advise any woman of child bearing age to move there. 58Sunliner Jan 2024 #22

Luckily all those women can decide for themselves TexasDem69 Jan 2024 #25

Oh, they'll decide alright. n/t LuckyCharms Jan 2024 #26

"Luckily all those women can decide for themselves. That's how the U.S. works." 58Sunliner Jan 2024 #36

Have you been paying attention to what is going ON in this country with niyad Jan 2024 #62

So can OB-GYNs, and I'd think they'd like to practice where they dem4decades Jan 2024 #92

Or any woman Rebl2 Jan 2024 #34

or man or non-binary person nt spooky3 Jan 2024 #71

i'd advise every woman of child bearing age to get the fuck out of there! nt orleans Jan 2024 #35

Missing out on what? JohnSJ Jan 2024 #38

I'd like to see a citation for that statistic Orrex Jan 2024 #39

It's wrong, per this site. In 2020, about 596K moved into TX and about 421K moved out spooky3 Jan 2024 #73

I lived in TexASS for 20 years. nocoincidences Jan 2024 #43

Ad paid for by the Abbot/Paxton (R)epuglicons for cruelty. erronis Jan 2024 #50

And??? What percentage are Dems vs magats??? niyad Jan 2024 #63

STUPID MAGATS ??? DemocraticPatriot Jan 2024 #79

Mostly from the southern border, I suspect.... DemocraticPatriot Jan 2024 #81

I birthed my oldest daughter in El Paso and we will NEVER go near Texas again Maru Kitteh Jan 2024 #89

By the time the non-medically-trained anti-abortion fanatic idiots had defined everything to do with lady-parts as.... Hekate Jan 2024 #5

Yes it is evil. Most politicians don't care about abortion at all. Irish_Dem Jan 2024 #8

Right. This is not the 1950s, at all. This is much darker and much, much worse. Hekate Jan 2024 #9

WTAF. If you are pregnant, it can become a death sentence in TX. Freethinker65 Jan 2024 #6

This is all kinds of fucked up. LuckyCharms Jan 2024 #10

Wow. Sky Jewels Jan 2024 #11

With all the guns in TX, maybe ER staff should be prepared for a relative, or the pregnant woman herself, Timeflyer Jan 2024 #13

You control where your loved females go? TexasDem69 Jan 2024 #15

This response has an odd tone. n/t LuckyCharms Jan 2024 #16

Did you read the post? TexasDem69 Jan 2024 #17

Yeah, I read the post and your response. n/t LuckyCharms Jan 2024 #18

So what's odd about my response? TexasDem69 Jan 2024 #20

Seems to me that "liberal" men would do whatever they can to protect their loved ones. LuckyCharms Jan 2024 #21

I didn't use the term "let" TexasDem69 Jan 2024 #23

The person you responded to meant that he/she would do whatever it took to LuckyCharms Jan 2024 #24

The person I responded to TexasDem69 Jan 2024 #30

Sure I can do that. LuckyCharms Jan 2024 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author nocoincidences Jan 2024 #45

Uncalled for personal attack that violates the DU rules TexasDem69 Jan 2024 #56

Not quite the "Good guy with a gun" scenario the Anti-Gun-Control folks always talk about.... (n/t) GopherGal Jan 2024 #19

So, if an ER doctor removes a bullet from a shooting victim to save their life, LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2024 #42

Poster is a woman, a mom, and I know very well grown females can go wherever the hell they wish, but Timeflyer Jan 2024 #31

I apologize TexasDem69 Jan 2024 #47

The "stand your ground" doctrine.... amen DemocraticPatriot Jan 2024 #82

Kick dalton99a Jan 2024 #27

It's state sponsored murder. I do hope women know to get out. 58Sunliner Jan 2024 #28

Figures: 5th Circuit - Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana UTUSN Jan 2024 #29

That's where all the right-wing cases try to end up. Guaranteed (and paid for) decisions. erronis Jan 2024 #51

Would this by any chance include Judge Ho Retrograde Jan 2024 #61

Let me see if I've got this straight....... ShazzieB Jan 2024 #32

You are exactly correct. niyad Jan 2024 #65

"Several anti-abortion medical associations"? TexasBushwhacker Jan 2024 #37

There a few anti-choice "medical associations" out there. ShazzieB Jan 2024 #102

Autonomy. Voltaire2 Jan 2024 #40

holy shit! nt orleans Jan 2024 #41

Does that make Emergency Rooms hospice care? WTF? /nt bucolic_frolic Jan 2024 #44

this is unbelievable. barbtries Jan 2024 #46

I think the underlying problem with these rabid anti-abortion people PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2024 #48

You're mainly right, but some of them couldn't care if their wives or daughters were in danger. erronis Jan 2024 #54

. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2024 #72

When I found my wife in Farmer-Rick Jan 2024 #96

Anyone who has enough money to say "people should simply leave Texas" should take some of that money and donate it WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2024 #49

Every effing eligible BlueMTexpat Jan 2024 #52

EXACTLY!!! niyad Jan 2024 #67

That was an incredible tragedy. triron Jan 2024 #70

@tooronlists Thanks to the 5th Circuit, if you get pregnant in Texas, you have no rights, up to & including the right to riversedge Jan 2024 #53

Great ruling, you bible obsessed yahoos Warpy Jan 2024 #55

This one takes some expansive reading to even fit that bill. TheKentuckian Jan 2024 #76

Conservative judges have been repeatedly overstepping their bounds ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2024 #57

I can't even begin to describe how fucked up this is... Medical_Mom Jan 2024 #58

Thank you. And a very belated welcome to our DU family. niyad Jan 2024 #69

Fucking modern day witch trials. chowder66 Jan 2024 #59

Horrifying. I have young nieces and cousins in Texas. I fear for their futures. Liberty Belle Jan 2024 #60

My oldest granddaughter is in Austin. She wants to stay and she has the means to leave if necessary to get an abortion CTyankee Jan 2024 #100

She loves her job pfitz59 Jan 2024 #107

Not sure she shares our zeal here at DU, or even the zeal of her grandmother. It can be relatively easy to grow up well CTyankee Jan 2024 #108

I am starting to wonder about the country we live in PJMcK Jan 2024 #64

Unaware of the Constitutions nakocal Jan 2024 #66

Outrageous DET Jan 2024 #68

Remember this, friends, and VOTE IN NOVEMBER COL Mustard Jan 2024 #75

Everyone on DU will vote. We gotta get mucifer Jan 2024 #78

maybe doctors should stop treating members of the 5th circuit moonshinegnomie Jan 2024 #77

Do it to Save the Life of our Nation! PTL_Mancuso Jan 2024 #97

JFC RandySF Jan 2024 #80

ER has a legal duty to let you die... That's their idea of pro-life. keithbvadu2 Jan 2024 #83

At some point, an actual case will come along where a Texas hospital won't provide Silent Type Jan 2024 #84

The scenario you describe happened last month with Kate Cox. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2024 #91

I thought the Civil War established that federal law preempts state law. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2024 #85

Then the state is a MURDERER! AKwannabe Jan 2024 #86

This ruling needs to be front and center in every Democratic campaign peggysue2 Jan 2024 #87

They're just outright telling us to go ahead and FUCKING DIE ALREADY now. Maru Kitteh Jan 2024 #88

Activist judges NHvet Jan 2024 #93

The Fifth Circuit Mad_Machine76 Jan 2024 #94

Fuck the 5th geardaddy Jan 2024 #98

This message was self-deleted by its author ShazzieB Jan 2024 #101

And yet, they would treat a female Texan for complications of cosmetic surgery or... KY_EnviroGuy Jan 2024 #103

women are being sacrificed to discourage liberals from moving there ecstatic Jan 2024 #105

How far is this Religious Freedom NONSENSE going to be allowed to go? BobTheSubgenius Jan 2024 #106