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To be a pregnant woman in this country in states where even saving the life of a woman going through a pregnancy going wrong, Emergency Room Doctors will be facing a terrible conundrum should the Supreme Court decide YES to prohibiting care. States already with abortion bans in place will be free too KILL pregnant women.My plea to all females of child bearing age....VOTE Blue in November!
The Supreme Court this week will debate whether states have the power to outlaw life-saving abortions in hospital emergency rooms.
The court will hear Idaho v. United States on Wednesday to determine if the narrow exceptions in Idahos near-total abortion ban override federally mandated requirements for physicians under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). EMTALA requires hospitals that participate in Medicare the majority of hospitals in the country to offer abortion care if its necessary to stabilize the health of a pregnant patient while theyre experiencing a medical emergency.
There have been dozens of reports of pregnant women across the country in Texas, Florida, Oklahoma and elsewhere who were denied care because they werent close enough to death to require medical intervention.
This case could radically alter how emergency medicine is practiced in this country and make pregnant people second-class citizens in Americas emergency rooms.
- Alexa Kolbi-Molinas, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project
More at....[link:https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-supreme-court-is-about-to-debate-whether-states-can-outlaw-life-saving-abortions_n_6622a6cbe4b0bf7f01382613|
comradebillyboy
(10,201 posts)They usually live up to my expectations.
lostnfound
(16,213 posts)Many more people (men and women) will seek sterilization and rethink the whole idea of parenting.
Grins
(7,301 posts)Im guessing the State if Idaho did this.
The courts credibility is on the cliffs edge. As bad as Dobbs was, this could push it over the edge.
FalloutShelter
(11,954 posts)When Democrats decided that Al Gore wasnt perfect enough and the election was stolen by the Rethugs and then Democrats decided that Hillary wasnt perfect enough and then that election was stolen.
And now many Democrats dont think Biden is perfect enough. Are we headed for the hat trick?
GOTV and stop handing your rights over to the fascists.
RandomNumbers
(17,666 posts)The rest of my thinking about this is unprintable and/or could get me a visit from some guys I'd not like to visit with.
ProudMNDemocrat
(17,013 posts)during the SoTU Address about their overturning Roe v. Wade?
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Republicans and the Supreme Court are about to find out.
SamKnause
(13,137 posts)Why are politicians passing laws about medical care ???
Why aren't committees of doctors making these decisions ???
Judges and politicians have no business deciding anything about medical care.
This is a fucked up country.
I am so sick of all the nonsense and bullshit.
The Unmitigated Gall
(3,860 posts)Quite the shithole it's being turned into, and threatening the rest of the country.