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In reply to the discussion: All hands on deck! It's begun! [View all]Lonestarblue
(9,981 posts)In red states, it means nothing less than a police state. First, patient privacy laws will be thrown out and doctors will be required to report all women testing positive for pregnancy to state officials, who will then correlate those tests to births. Any woman who has a miscarriage will be forced to prove she did nothing to cause it, even though doctors have no way to determine what causes a miscarriage early in pregnancy. A woman will need to go to a doctor after the miscarriage just to protect herself with a defense. A women who has a miscarriage but does not see a doctor or goes to another state for abortion could be in a world of trouble if there is no baby at the end of nine months.
I dont see how states can monitor womens travel, but they can gain access to online searches and to health data on cell phones. One of the worst results of these dreadful laws will be for the women who cannot afford to travel, either because they dont have the money or because they cant take time off work and have no one to care for their children. Many desperate women will also fear the repercussions of having an out-of-state abortion and will simply avoid going to the doctor or a clinic for a test and will try home remedies for an abortion.
Women also need to be warned to stay away from the pregnancy crisis centers supported by the right-wing radicals. They will be the first to report a pregnant woman to the state.