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In reply to the discussion: Kind of can't believe this. Doctors cannot treat ectopic pregnancies now [View all]wnylib
(23,679 posts)13. Particularly insane regarding ectopic pregnancies
which can't be saved anyway.
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Kind of can't believe this. Doctors cannot treat ectopic pregnancies now [View all]
Maraya1969
Jun 2022
OP
Unbelievably, "the life of the mother" is no longer considered in these new laws
Rhiannon12866
Jun 2022
#10
I would like to see a courageous prosecutor go after the Judges and he Legislators
avebury
Jun 2022
#22
I suspect a significant minority will be homicidally angry, and they're armed.
sir pball
Jun 2022
#50
Without timely medical intervention, women with ectopic pregnancies could very well die!
Rhiannon12866
Jun 2022
#9
That is the most likely outcome, but "the life of the mother" is no longer a consideration
Rhiannon12866
Jun 2022
#21
I know. This is more draconian than anything that has ever been enacted before.
Scrivener7
Jun 2022
#23
how can the government essentially order doctors to violate the hippocratic oath?
Takket
Jun 2022
#36
Uncertainty about when Irish law allowed an abortion in a life-threatening situation killled ...
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2022
#43
Here's my plan, until we get this clusterfuck fixed, have ectoipic emergencies airlifted...
The Animator
Jun 2022
#46
How do you do that for a poor woman without money or how do you make that a law?
Maraya1969
Jun 2022
#48
I don't know much about it either. If it were up to me, I'd bill the legislators directly.
The Animator
Jun 2022
#49