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13. The problem is,

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 01:18 PM

Oct 2024

physicians can be charged with a felony if they do so, effectively ending their careers.

The choice then becomes felony vs malpractice. It is unconscionable.

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A young teen gives birth. Idaho's parental consent law snags her care. [View all] Jilly_in_VA Oct 2024 OP

What if it's the father or stepfather that is responsible for the pregnancy. How does she get his permission? Walleye Oct 2024 #1

evidently, it was a boyfriend. cab67 Oct 2024 #28

No. Resolve the doctor's inability to treat . Make them part of the lindysalsagal Oct 2024 #32

Hell, sue them for practicing medicine without a license Walleye Oct 2024 #35

I was referring to the sperm donor. cab67 Oct 2024 #39

Ehy should doctors stay in that state? Johonny Oct 2024 #2

Many already have Jilly_in_VA Oct 2024 #4

Perinatologists are actually high risk Obstetrics docs. evolves Oct 2024 #11

They made abortion a political issue to accomplish this. BadgerMom Oct 2024 #17

I haven't heard the outcome of this pregnancy, Lars39 Oct 2024 #12

If I was the husband, cab67 Oct 2024 #40

Thing is, you get so far along and they advise not to fly. Lars39 Oct 2024 #44

Understood. cab67 Oct 2024 #47

Parts of Montana are okay Jilly_in_VA Oct 2024 #50

I don't know where in Montana they were going. Lars39 Oct 2024 #52

What you said, Delphinus Oct 2024 #53

Outside of the idiocy of how this situation was handled, I'd like to know who the father is. patphil Oct 2024 #3

the father is also a teen IzzaNuDay Oct 2024 #20

Oh brother... calimary Oct 2024 #24

No Teens at all IbogaProject Oct 2024 #34

She's spent her whole life in poverty. cab67 Oct 2024 #41

This is what the GQP want: evolves Oct 2024 #45

He's a teenager also. Blue Full Moon Oct 2024 #21

Docs should call the legislators to the ER and make them resolve it. lindysalsagal Oct 2024 #5

My idea moonshinegnomie Oct 2024 #22

She is living in a world where grandmas in jail and being passed from house to house is normal. Maru Kitteh Oct 2024 #6

Republicans refuse to believe these kinds of families exist. They prefer their red state colored glasses. Walleye Oct 2024 #37

Horror story! surfered Oct 2024 #7

"American Horror Story" is more like it... birdographer Oct 2024 #8

No kidding! calimary Oct 2024 #25

Isn't there some oath that doctors take to "First, do no harm"? Beaverhausen Oct 2024 #9

The problem is, evolves Oct 2024 #13

Do you really think a jury would convict a physician who helped her? Beaverhausen Oct 2024 #46

The trial might bankrupt the MD drmeow Oct 2024 #49

As a physician, I don't want to choose between evolves Oct 2024 #54

A pregnant 13 yo? jfz9580m Oct 2024 #10

36 weeks pregnant, at that. LisaM Oct 2024 #16

Yeah seriously jfz9580m Oct 2024 #48

More to the point, what kind of parents valleyrogue Oct 2024 #55

Good point jfz9580m Oct 2024 #56

This is so sad. If the "powers that be" dictate a 13-year old must have a baby, then they need to pass iluvtennis Oct 2024 #14

Republicans want to shrink the government markodochartaigh Oct 2024 #15

Republicans want to shrink the government Nasruddin Oct 2024 #18

And THIS ONE's a good one, too! calimary Oct 2024 #43

That's a GOOD one. calimary Oct 2024 #42

The people who claim to be "Family First" have grown savage and grotesque in their Ping Tung Oct 2024 #19

About the baby's father .... Shoonra Oct 2024 #23

Someone should present the situation to JD Vance and ask him what we should do about it Walleye Oct 2024 #38

Just read an article about GOP Blue Full Moon Oct 2024 #26

a picture of a baby's hand holding aleah's finger (at the wapo link) orleans Oct 2024 #27

That is not only crazy Jilly_in_VA Oct 2024 #51

Idaho is in a terrible drought... Fiddlelady11 Oct 2024 #29

Very sad situation all around. cab67 Oct 2024 #30

This is so appallingly sad. Joinfortmill Oct 2024 #31

From Governor Tim Walz last week in Pittsburgh Botany Oct 2024 #33

We should not be surprised when young teens who MineralMan Oct 2024 #36