Women's Rights & Issues
Related: About this foruma thought that occurred to me about the "ultrasound" before the abortion ...
I wonder how many times the "ultrasound technician" would be unavailable the day that a woman came in for an abortion (which she had already had a heart-wrenching soul-searching over anyway).
Secondary thought ... since there is plenty of obstacles for insurances to "cover" abortions (not sure how many actually do), I wonder who will have to pay for the added cost of the ultrasound ...
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)even though the answer is obvious, women will pay for it at least they will pay in emotional damage and with increased insurance costs. I didn't think about a technician not being available though and no doubt many women won't think about that either until they are told when they come in to get an abortion that they can't even be seen that day. Hopefully, this never happens, but it won't be for the lack of effort on Republicans part.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)medically necessary. Hell, they probably wouldn't even if it were. And I heard it runs about $2000.
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)saras
(6,670 posts)...unless they next require that a photograph of it being done be posted to the Internet for "quality control" purposes.
2pooped2pop
(5,420 posts)cause a spontaneous abortion? If it in itself could cause a "miscarriage" or spontaneous abortion, couldn't that be used as a weapon against using it?
zbdent
(35,392 posts)just watch them (Republicans) say that the fetus wasn't a human after all, and they will back the insurance company when it refused to pay.
Just say that, after you saw the ultrasound, you decided to keep the baby after all, but they're the ones who killed it ...
libodem
(19,288 posts)I was in A&P, a core requirement for nursing school. I was leaving my exhusband at the time and being pg with two other little kids, was horrible. The A&P lab had all these pickled fetuses. Some with a uterus. Seeing that eraser sized pink brine shrimp with nubby limbs and the beginnings of a face did make me think that is what it looks like right now. I can't abort my kids' sibling.