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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, the insurance piece of this would be helpful in understanding how to try to avoid those holes in patient care overall.

It doesn’t change that pregnancy was putting stress on her body that already had multiple problems that weren’t able to be treated correctly for a multitude of reasons (including not taking her meds she was already prescribed), and all of that combined to kill her

Most sane doctors in states with reasonable abortion laws presented with a patient like her would have told her that she could not carry this pregnancy at this time. The doctors in tx are prevented from offering this option during a medical appt, and even if they do so in a hush hush way, the patient doesn’t have a lot of options anyway since you apparently need to be coding in TX before they can touch you. (Kate Cox)

This patient was absolutely not given a full picture of her medical situation. Sure, the docs could have tried to get her on bed rest, complying with her meds, etc-there is no way to know if that would have prevented her death, though. I mean, maybe if she knew exactly how dire things were, she might have followed doctor’s orders?

But being in TX and not being allowed to hear the true seriousness of her situation definitely contributed to her death.[/quote]

The strain on her body should have been treated by a high risk ob-gyn. She wanted her baby. She didn’t need to abort her baby. She needed medical care. If women who want an abortion are being kept from receiving abortions and it’s being termed needed healthcare, why can’t a woman who is pregnant and wants her baby and has diabetes receive the healthcare she needs to keep her baby?

Is everyone stating the only healthcare a pregnant woman should receive is abortion?

This woman’s death was preventable if she had been treated by a high risk ob-gyn. She deserved healthcare.

Why is everyone choosing abortion for a woman who didn’t want it? She didn’t want an abortion. She wasn’t compliant taking her life saving medication. She was morbidly obese and diabetic. She needed to be admitted to a hospital for treatment and given good treatment and stabilized. If she was admitted and kept hospitalized, she could have lived and her baby lived.[/quote]

What is your party doing about making sure women don't have to ration health care because they can't afford it? What is your party doing to make sure pregnant women all get paid sick leave so they can go to doctor's appointments or stay home when they are feeling ill or their doctor put them on bed rest? Real legislation that your party and the politicians you support are proposing or backing to make sure being poor doesn't lead to poor outcomes for pregnant women.

p.s. Why did Texas reject expanding medicaid?[/quote]

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