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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aren't miscarriages considered abortions? My wife had 2 d&cs when the fetus failed to form and were shocked to see them discussed by staff as abortions. I'm assuming any change in law would add a law enforcement interrogation to the procedure if the procedure is even available? I don't think an abortion ban will be as popular as some people think [/quote]

When taking a medical history we refer to any non-surviving pregnancy as an "Ab", or abortion. Unless it's medically relevant we don't discuss whether not not it was a termination of pregnancy or an unintended loss. So it's just semantics. The emotional dialogue re: abortion vs miscarriage is a semantic argument used by (usually) male politicians who often have no understanding of the physiology of pregnancy. See how this works? To most health care providers there aren't good guys and bad guys (or girls). It's about healthcare. That's why this whole "just take a bus to a blue state" nonsense makes me want to rip my hair out. I see 20 patients a week with knee pain from overdoing it on the elliptical and they're incensed when I can't get them an emergency MRI [i]that day[/i]. But folks want women to travel across the state for a time-sensitive procedure usually requiring an overnight stay. I'd laugh if I wasn't already screaming.[/quote]

If the conservatives do get an "abortion ban" in place, many of the right wing women are going to be shocked they will be tried for murder if they have a miscarriage or fetal death.[/quote]
I don’t want to say I will relish that.

Because the flip side is that if they can force you to carry a pregnancy to term, what else can they force pregnant women to? Quit work? C-sections? No epidurals? And before you say, “that’s ridiculous, that’s unscientific and women are people, no one will tell me how to give birth because of politics,” remember that anti choice lawmakers are already making doctors lie to women before abortions.

Newsflash, conservative ladies: your male fellow conservatives don’t think you’re a full person. You will get ground under same as poor woman who needs an abortion.[/quote]

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