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In reply to the discussion: Doctors in Louisiana are performing C-sections on unviable pregnancies [View all]usaf-vet
(6,654 posts)19. You have to be kidding me the Fing idiots would force women into major surgery rather that a "simple" procedure.
I have scrubbed on both, and the difference is maddening.
In my mind, it is analogous to presenting in an ER with a frost-bitten toe, maybe even a gangrenous toe and the surgeon says they have to amputate the foot, not just the toe. That is just the way it is.
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Doctors in Louisiana are performing C-sections on unviable pregnancies [View all]
Nevilledog
Mar 2024
OP
Women to whom this is happening should file a class action suit against the legislature & governor
Attilatheblond
Mar 2024
#9
Let's try a rectal approach to these male legislator's inguinal hernias and maybe remove that enlarged
hlthe2b
Mar 2024
#14
It is unethical and yes, inhumane to perform a highly invasive C-section unnecessarily for a
hlthe2b
Mar 2024
#22
You have to be kidding me the Fing idiots would force women into major surgery rather that a "simple" procedure.
usaf-vet
Mar 2024
#19
Sue the legislators that voted for this, and the Governor for signing it.
Freethinker65
Mar 2024
#26
This is an irrational standard of care based on political and religious zealotry that has no basis in medical science
dlk
Mar 2024
#36
People treated less than human that is who they are...it is only them that are worthy.
cayugafalls
Mar 2024
#37