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In reply to the discussion: Emergency rooms not required to perform life-saving abortions, 5th Circuit rules [View all]
dem4decades
(14,029 posts)92. So can OB-GYNs, and I'd think they'd like to practice where they
Won't go to jail for saving a woman's life.
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Emergency rooms not required to perform life-saving abortions, 5th Circuit rules [View all]
Nevilledog
Jan 2024
OP
Yes but it is not because politicians have made laws directing men to be killed.
Irish_Dem
Jan 2024
#90
"Luckily all those women can decide for themselves. That's how the U.S. works."
58Sunliner
Jan 2024
#36
It's wrong, per this site. In 2020, about 596K moved into TX and about 421K moved out
spooky3
Jan 2024
#73
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
With all the guns in TX, maybe ER staff should be prepared for a relative, or the pregnant woman herself,
Timeflyer
Jan 2024
#13
Seems to me that "liberal" men would do whatever they can to protect their loved ones.
LuckyCharms
Jan 2024
#21
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
That's where all the right-wing cases try to end up. Guaranteed (and paid for) decisions.
erronis
Jan 2024
#51
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
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
@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
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
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
At some point, an actual case will come along where a Texas hospital won't provide
Silent Type
Jan 2024
#84
I thought the Civil War established that federal law preempts state law.
Hermit-The-Prog
Jan 2024
#85
And yet, they would treat a female Texan for complications of cosmetic surgery or...
KY_EnviroGuy
Jan 2024
#103