Abortion Bans Are Driving Off Doctors and Closing Clinics, Putting Basic Health Care at Risk

[Phil01]

Abortion Bans Are Driving Off Doctors and Closing Clinics, Putting Basic Health Care at Risk
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/analysis-pro-life-movement-abortion-maternal-health-healthbent-column/

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Doctors are showing — through their words and actions — that they are reluctant to practice in places where making the best decision for a patient could result in huge fines or even a prison sentence. And when clinics that provide abortions close their doors, all the other services offered there also shut down, including regular exams, breast cancer screenings, and contraception.

The concern about repercussions for women’s health is being raised not just by abortion rights advocates. One recent warning comes from Jerome Adams, who served as surgeon general in the Trump administration.

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Unintended consequence, "acceptable collateral damage", or part of the plan?

[Irish_Dem]

1. It is part of the PutinGOP plan to destroy America's institutions and safety net.

Education is the other target.

[CrispyQ]

2. This is the problem with reactionaries.

They don't think things through. They just react.

Trump is a reactionary. That's why he says one thing one day & something different the next. He just reacts to what's going on at the moment without any thought to the past or future. The republican party has been hijacked by extremist reactionaries.

[Girard442]

3. A good way to drive home that Red state women are inferior humans.

Give them inferior health care.

[modrepub]

4. The Rural Health Care System Is Already Flimsy

These types of politically driven decisions will only make it worse out in the hinter lands.

Would be nice if our politician's covered healthcare only covered facilities in or near their district. You'd wonder if some of the US representative would finally take their constituents health-care availability seriously if they had to actually use the same one their constituents use.