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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ironically, the prolifers have pushed out obgyns and pediatricians from hospitals due to the restrictive abortion laws, and the hospital will no longer deliver babies.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/20/idaho-bonner-hospital-baby-delivery-abortion-ban

[quote]An Idaho hospital has planned to stop delivering babies, with the medical center’s managers citing increasing criminalization of physicians and the inability to retain pediatricians as major reasons.

Bonner General Health, the only hospital in Sandpoint, Idaho, announced on Friday that it would no longer provide labor, delivery and a host of other obstetrical services.

The more than 9,000 residents of Sandpoint are now forced to drive 46 miles for the nearest labor and delivery care, the Idaho Statesman reported.[/quote]

Will we see more such cases all over these anti-abortion states? [/quote]

How does this relate? In Virginia, no OBGYN ever would perform an abortion, they would refer you to PP. I don't see why this would have any effect on regular OBGYN practice.[/quote]

I live in Virginia.  My OBGYN performed my abortion (several shots of methotrexate for an ectopic).  Of course I wasn't referred to PP.[/quote]

Because it was ectopic. You don’t see the difference?[/quote]
You do know that several red states are not allowing exceptions for ectopic pregnancies, right?[/quote]
Lucky for the PP, SCOTUS hadn't overturned R v W in 2018 when they needed abortion.  [/quote]I never had or would have an abortion[/quote]

I'm the PP who had the ectopic.  It was a VERY much wanted pregnancy (FET).  It would have killed me, and left my older DD motherless.  
You'd rather die?[/quote]
An ectopic is not an abortion, in that the pregnancy is in the wrong place. Life of the mother comes first. Comparing this to an abortion due to not wanting to be pregnant is simply a way for those that believe abortion should be on demand for whatever reason to create a red herring. I have not seen an abortion law that’s passed that would deny you treatment for an ectopic pregnancy. I’ve seen idiots try though. [/quote]

IEctopic PP here: my records indicate I had a medicated abortion.  Period.  Just because you don't want to call it an abortion doesn't mean that it wasn't one.  An abortion is a termination of a pregnancy.  Wanted, unwanted, doesn't matter.  Same definition.
And if you think women aren't being denied treatment (say, with methotrexate like I had instead of needing to wait until til threat of tubal rupture requiring surgery), you are most certainly ill-informed.[/quote]

Was it covered by insurance?

Let’s call it an abortion. One was to save the life of the mother. The other was unwanted and did not save the life of the mother.

[b]My niece had a misdiagnosed ectopic and nearly died. That wasn’t because of republicans. It was because the urgent care place was incompetent[/b].[/quote]

So you understand what can happen to women if they’re not properly treated when there’s an ectopic pregnancy. But instead of trying to prevent other women from facing that, you’re voting to create danger for more women. Now when women are faced with ectopic pregnancies in some states, they won’t be able to receive the easiest and least invasive treatment. They’ll have to wait until they need life saving treatment, possibly losing their fertility, racking up medical bills that could ruin people financially, and possibly dying. That IS because of Republicans. It’s their stupid and cruel laws, and it’s the fault of people who vote for them knowing they want to pass these laws. I don’t understand why they think killing women is better than legalized abortion, other than the obvious which is they don’t value women. [/quote]

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