Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are turned away from ERs despite federal law
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More than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms have been turned away or negligently treated since 2022.

In Texas, where doctors face up to 99 years of prison if convicted of performing an illegal abortion, medical and legal experts say the law is complicating decision-making around emergency pregnancy care.

Although the state law says termination of ectopic pregnancies is not considered abortion, the draconian penalties scare Texas doctors from treating those patients,

  • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    314·
    3 months ago

    Your statement does not give the portrayal of bravado that you think it does. It gives off the cowardice of a keyboard warrior who knows that his words have no consequences and he will never have to actually make that kind of decision.

    Let me know when you are willing to put your career, your freedom, and your family’s financial security at significant risk in order to help a complete stranger.

      • medgremlin@midwest.social
        81·
        3 months ago

        So, is this you saying that you will put your freedom and your family at risk to help someone?

        To be clear, I am a third year medical student that wants to go into emergency medicine, and I’m already looking for ways to challenge this kind of bullshit to protect my patients. Thankfully, I live in a state that has actually set itself up as a refuge for reproductive healthcare (Minnesota), but I’d just get more creative about it if I lived somewhere else.

        I’ll put my money where my mouth is…would you? I want an actual, honest answer that takes your own life and situation into consideration.