There is a mechanism for figuring out what the law is. It's hiring a lawyer, who will read the law, perhaps look at the legislative history, read some court cases, etc., and then advise you on what the law is and the risks in taking particular positions. And that's exactly what the hospital did, and they were advised that providing the abortion would be a crime that could land the doctors in jail. |
There’s a lot of vague laws and doctors that don’t want to go to jail. What a law does in theory is not what it does in practice, like the Ohio abortion law. You want to convince yourself that the poorly worded exceptions will allow for abortion, and refuse to accept that they prevent 10 year olds from getting abortions and people with auto-immune conditions from getting their needed treatment. This is a big problem. Give it a goog. |
Every forced birther hearing about these cases: “that’s completely irrelevant to my forced birther misogynistic politics. I’m just gonna go watch some more Fox because abortion is solved; now we just have to deal with those pesky brown people.” |
You are letting the forced birthers off the hook here. They have pushed SPECIFICALLY for legislation that’s murky. There are plenty of interviews with “right to life” activists championing this. The point is to make it so an abortion is impossible to legally perform. I believe it was the head of Tennessee Right to Life who wanted women to be almost dead before an abortion could be performed. They have been loud and proud for years. This was the plan. This is what they wanted. Laws written in a way, that any lawyer would advise against the procedure. So, don’t blame doctors. Don’t blame hospitals. Blame evangelicals. Blame republicans. |
In Ohio, she fell under this since the left agrees that 10 years old is too young and will cause bodily harm. “Abortions beyond this threshold are legal if the provider determines it's a medical emergency and necessary to prevent the pregnant person's death or "serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function."” |
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Hospital administrators do, yes |
So you got no answer from your professor, just a reply |
Can you post this "Ohio legislative intent hotline" number for us? |
Yet she had to leave the state to get an abortion. So your forced birth law is as crappy as everyone is trying to tell you it is while you keep arguing it’s decent. Such a moronic take on the world. Oh, well the law says this, kind of. I guess screw those girls and their lives and future fertility. |
Who exactly in the "legislature" do they call? Be specific. If it's a known fact that hospital administrators call legislatures to get advice on laws that affect medical care then there must be an office that is responsible for answering such questions. Or did you just make that up? |
DP and you give no answer to the question "which office or person in the legislature is responsible for answering questions from doctors and hospitals about laws that affect their work," just a reply. |
I mean the answer is that law isn't done like that. You have to look at the written record. I now understand reasons for not calling lawmakers back to ask them what they really meant, if that's what you're asking. |
It just wouldn't be up to legislators at that point. Who would you even ask? It's not like one lawmaker is responsible for the whole bill. And the lawmaker saying, "yes, of course we didn't intend for 10 year old rape victims to be forced to become mothers" wouldn't have any effect - because at that point it's up to police and prosecutors. So they are the ones you'd actually have to ask. But they can't give yuo a clear and binding answer either. |