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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is doctor malpractice. The baby’s head was already exiting the cervix and she needed medicine to speed up the delivery. It’s not even about abortion which is allowed under Texas law for a “medical emergency” anyway, she was in the middle of a miscarriage that they allowed to go on too long.  [/quote]

But the heart hadn't stopped beating and under Texas law that was the relevant part.

You see, if you think that doctors should be able to exercise reasonable judgment, then you should advocate for laws that allow doctors to do just that. Because these doctors certainly did not want this woman to die, and they also didn't want to go to jail - and they chose the latter over the former.

THAT is the system that Texas Republicans have in place, thanks to Donald Trump - serial rapist, payer of many abortions.

These are not reasonable laws. You can talk out both sides of your mouth trying to insist they are. But this woman is dead. I think her argument is more persuasive.[/quote]

[b]Speeding up delivery is not an abortion, for one. [/b]She was already delivering the child.

In addition, Texas law allows for abortions in a “medical emergency” so again, this is doctor malpractice.[/quote]

The fetus was 17 weeks old with a heartbeat. The doctors believed she was miscarrying, but the fetus was still alive. What if there had been a miracle? A doctor intervening guarantees the woman aborts the baby. What’s the medical code on that? Is it classified as a miscarriage if it happens naturally, but an abortion as soon as a medication is introduced to expel the fetus?

It’s just so shortsighted to see these government forced situations as black/white decisions. The doctors are over a barrel while the state of Texas and the Christian right are willing to bet a woman’s life on a miracle. [/quote]

It's not hard. It's a medical decision. not a legal one. [/quote]
Stop denying reality.

It was a medical decision when medical professionals were trusted to make the decision based on their knowledge and training. Once the TX legislature passed the ban with draconian punishments for doctors, it became a legal decision as much as a medical decision.

Doctors face 99 years in prison for delivering fetuses with heartbeats who haven’t yet reached viability, like this poor woman’s fetus at 17 weeks. The doctors’ hands were tied until the fetus no longer had a heartbeat or the mother’s death was imminent. The fetus’s heart kept beating. The doctors had to guess when the mother’s death was imminent.

[b]Specifically because of this ban, doctors face harsher penalties for delivering the fetus earlier than the absolute last minute to save the mother’s life than they do for waiting too long and allowing the mom to die from a preventable cause. [/b]

That's how this ban plays out in reality. It is not pro life. It’s just anti abortion. It’s killing women in cases where the fetus can’t be saved anyway. What is the legislature doing to fix this problem they created before more women die unnecessarily?
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