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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Now that I've had HG [b]I've learned about any number of other health issues that come with pregnancy.[/b] While I might be willing to take some of those risks, I would not be willing to endure others. And I'm pretty sure most women fall in the same camp. Some women may be willing to carry a pregnancy entirely without concern for their own lives, but I don't think that's where most women come down on it. I think most of us want some say if a pregnancy could lead to organ failure, death, or some other lifelong impact. And that's the crux of the problem with laws that outlaw abortion. It's very hard to write exclusions that allow women to manage their health and consent to associated risks because pregnancy itself is always dangerous to some degree. [/quote]

I am the one that had severe pre-eclampsia. I had no risk factors for it. It was unexpected and somewhat dismissed by the first OB I had during that pregnancy. I was later treated by a series of specialists and had dedicated nurses in the ante-natal ward. I also had vaginal varicose veins during that pregnancy that made standing and walking agonizing as the pregnancy went on. I would have had to have a c-section for that alone because they were afraid they could rupture during a vaginal delivery. I don't discount for one second how my whiteness, my socioeconomic status, my educational level contributed to the attentive and high level of care I received. That's only one of the reasons I was appalled when Amy Coney Barrett made the argument that safe haven laws negate the need for abortion.

I had a tubal ligation on the table during the c-section for the pregnancy described above. I never wanted to be at risk of pregnancy again and I think I would have seriously considered termination after my experience if I had an unexpected pregnancy.  [/quote]

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