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In reply to the discussion: Pennsylvania Mother Who Gave Daughter Abortion Pill Gets Prison - Reuters/HuffPo [View all]Avalux
(35,015 posts)109. She probably would have been.
If she hadn't gone to the ER with complications, no one may have ever known she took the medication, or that her mother bought them illegally. It's unfortunate that people don't understand these drugs are not like taking an aspirin, and complications can be serious.
It's likely that two weeks post procedure, pregnancy tissue was not fully expelled and an infection developed.
Drug laws are there to protect people, the laws in the EU and the US are virtually identical, so even though the mom bought them from the EU, it still isn't legal over there to get them without a physician's care.
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WillyT
Sep 2014
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Meanwhile a cop who killed not only walks free, has money to support his defense.
Initech
Sep 2014
#3
Since Reagan's first election, it just took a bit of time to be visible. nt
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Sep 2014
#113
How did the authorities even know about this? Did something happen to the daughter
mackerel
Sep 2014
#6
The daughter had severe cramping and bleeding after taking the prescription only abortifacient and
Fred Sanders
Sep 2014
#7
I would suspect that most medical personnel don't believe in the death penalty.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Sep 2014
#115
But if they had had med people at that execution in AZ he might have lived!!!
SonofMarx
Sep 2014
#148
You say "There is good medical reasons to have such drugs supervised by a physician."...
ljm2002
Sep 2014
#14
According to google maps the nearest planned parenthood center is only an hours drive
cstanleytech
Sep 2014
#23
Yes thank dog for google, how else would we be so well informed about women's issues.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2014
#85
Where is the one that is 4 hours away? I found one that was a 1 hour drive one way.
cstanleytech
Sep 2014
#98
correction: "because of the actions of religious nutbags" I'm sure that's what you meant.
AnotherMother4Peace
Sep 2014
#122
Incorrect information was given her. There are Planned Parenthood clinics throughout Pennsylvania,
still_one
Sep 2014
#50
Absolutely. This is NOT the morning after pill, and not utilizing a doctor is child endangerment. A
still_one
Sep 2014
#33
The sentence is bullshit, but most likely unintentionally the mother put her child's life at risk.
still_one
Sep 2014
#79
I know you are not. That is why elections have consequences, and the next president through the SC
still_one
Sep 2014
#81
abortifacient is a term used in herbology. It refers to something that induces miscarriage.
KittyWampus
Sep 2014
#144
Actually Pennsylvania has planned parenthood. The drug she gave her daughter is a serious drug that
still_one
Sep 2014
#49
not necessarily. It is about not doing this under a doctor's supervision. This medication induces
still_one
Sep 2014
#35
Induced miscarriages are not to be administered by your mother.....the whole article is click bait.
Fred Sanders
Sep 2014
#44
This pill should have been given under a doctor's supervision. It can cause major hemorrhaging.
still_one
Sep 2014
#36
The question is did the daughter consent, or was the pill given without her knowledge. Another
still_one
Sep 2014
#31
Absolutely. From these posts they obviously are not comprehending that this isn't so much about
still_one
Sep 2014
#37
Why would we be confusing it with a morning after pill? it doesn't say it's the morning after pill.
kcr
Sep 2014
#75
I'm sorry this topic is too emotional for you. I won't try to reason with you anymore. n/t
Avalux
Sep 2014
#142
and why didn't the mother take her daughter to Planned Parenthood in Pennsylvania. They do have
still_one
Sep 2014
#38
So giving a prescribed medicine that needs to be under a doctor's supervision to minor is overreach?
still_one
Sep 2014
#46
So what are women who live in areas that don't have Planned Parenthood clinics supposed to do?
beam me up scottie
Sep 2014
#58
Pennsylvania has planned parenthood in multiple locations throughout the state, so there is no next
still_one
Sep 2014
#60
I removed that analogy before you told me. The focus of my comment was this situation, in a blue
still_one
Sep 2014
#63
It isn't hypothetical, there were no clinics within a day's drive of where I lived.
beam me up scottie
Sep 2014
#67
I was only referring to this thread in my comments. I realize what is happening in the red states,
still_one
Sep 2014
#77
Thank you for your informative post, I wish everyone would take a minute to educate themselves
beam me up scottie
Sep 2014
#84
You are correct. Rachel Maddow on MSNBC is one of the few people who expose what has been and is
still_one
Sep 2014
#91
From Naral: "82 percent of Pennsylvania counties have no abortion provider"
suffragette
Sep 2014
#154
Don't be a one issue voter they said, they'll never take away your right to choose they said...
beam me up scottie
Sep 2014
#56
I'm sure that everyone who agrees with this decision are the same people who say they oppose
world wide wally
Sep 2014
#141
I think you missed my point. It was said with sarcasm, and I pretty much agree with what you said,
world wide wally
Sep 2014
#152
The idiocy of people against abortion coupled with their stupidity about birth control is causing
gtar100
Sep 2014
#150
THIS is the crazy-right wing's plan to take care of our wives and daughters
PatrickforO
Sep 2014
#155
I don't know who knows but I will say it; there are 2 pills given in this procedure.
Quayblue
Sep 2014
#169