Dobbs observations a few days on
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Ectopic pregnancies are not "aborted." The treatment is surgical intervention via laparoscopy. It is a surgical emergency, worthy of being done at 2AM.
THere's something missing in this story.
@George-K said in Dobbs observations a few days on:
Ectopic pregnancies are not "aborted." The treatment is surgical intervention via laparoscopy. It is a surgical emergency, worthy of being done at 2AM.
THere's something missing in this story.
Yep. The word "ectopic" immediately causes a bood banker to start glancing at frig shelves.
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https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/21/health/infant-deaths-increase-post-dobbs-abortion-bans/index.html
Infants died at higher rates after abortion bans in the US, research shows
In the year and a half following the Supreme Court Dobbs decision that revoked the federal right to an abortion, hundreds more infants died than expected in the United States, new research shows. The vast majority of those infants had congenital anomalies, or birth defects.
The JAMA paper backing the above:
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abstract/2825201
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/05/19/georgia-mother-pregnant-brain-dead/
Brain-dead pregnant woman’s case spurs questions about medical consent
... a 30-year-old Atlanta nurse, was about nine weeks pregnant when she was declared brain-dead in February, her family said. Doctors told them that maintaining life support was the only legal option because Georgia outlaws abortion after cardiac activity can be detected in a fetus at around six weeks of pregnancy.
The hospital made plans to keep Smith alive until her fetus is at least 32 weeks old, ...
Per the hospital's plan, this brain dead woman will be kept "alive" for 5 to 6 months. There is no patient consent or consent from the patient's next-of-kin to do this. The hospital does this solely out of fear that they may be breaking George's anti-abortion laws. Attempting to keep a pregnant, brain dead person alive this long is unprecedented.
