Emergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom

“One woman miscarried in the restroom lobby of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused to admit her. Another woman learned that her fetus had no heartbeat at a Florida hospital, the day after a security guard turned her away from the facility. And in North Carolina, a woman gave birth in a car after an emergency room couldn’t offer an ultrasound. The baby later died.”

“Complaints that pregnant women were turned away from U.S. emergency rooms spiked in 2022 after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, federal documents obtained by The Associated Press reveal.”

“The cases raise alarms about the state of emergency pregnancy care in the U.S., especially in states that enacted strict abortion laws and sparked confusion around the treatment doctors can provide.”

Bobmighty,

This is the value of Republican lawmaking right here folks. Human suffering is all they have to offer anyone.

Spazz,

Fucking Republicans

SupraMario,

Also Republicans: “it was born, doesn’t count”

Raxiel,

So does that mean a lawsuit now? Or jail?

Not anyone at the hospitals of course, I mean those “wicked” women.

frunch,

That’s what i was thinking–this is only the beginning of their woes. They committed a crime by having a miscarriage, i imagine this isn’t the last we’ve heard of these stories

joyjoy,

Let’s sue God for aborting that baby.

Hazzia,

Legit I remember hearing about an old court case once where somebody tried to sue god, but couldn’t because god wasn’t considered a citizen of the united states.

I think there was also another one where the suit actually went through and the guy won because god didn’t show up to court. I don’t think he ended up receiving the reperations, though.

cyborganism,

Conservatives are attacking women and LGBTQ people and it’s not just happening in America. What the Republicans are doing sent a wave across the globe and other conservative groups are reproducing this in their own country.

It’s an attack on basic rights and liberties.

kamenlady,
@kamenlady@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, I’ve been observing this also in Germany and Brazil.

cyborganism,

And Italy. And Argentina.

henfredemars,

Maternal care was already the most feeble of all the developed countries, and even what we had is being taken away.

Sanctus,
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A lot of older American women, have these stories, this is why Roe vs Wade was so important and should have become part of the constitution. These stories will keep happening as long as Republicans are allowed to keep mixing church and state.

jjjalljs,

These stories will keep happening as long as Republicans are allowed to keep mixing church and state.

These will continue happening so long as Republicans are allowed to be in government. Church is an excuse, not the cause. They’re bad people who should not be allowed to govern.

InternetPerson,

Although you can’t deny that there is a systemic connection between religions and topics like these.

TeoTwawki,
@TeoTwawki@lemmy.world avatar

Church and state was where we really needed a wall, not Mexico

Rapidcreek,

This level of dysfunction surprises me, and I expected a high level of dysfunction.

Donald Trump did this.

Diplomjodler3,

It shouldn’t surprise you. It’s entirely intentional. The cruelty is the point.

cmoney,

Also it’s about racism. black and brown people are more likely to die from child birth.

snooggums,
@snooggums@midwest.social avatar

Republicans, including Trump, did this.

Kandorr,

Yeah, you have to include Mitchcarry O’Connel on this

goferking0,

And the massive asshole gingrich

rasakaf679,

Biden could have changed them back. But didn’t and let it happen. So who to blame?

snooggums,
@snooggums@midwest.social avatar

Biden does not have the magical power to undo SCOTUS decisions or state legislature shennaigans. Reublican obstructionists in the legislature will keep anything from being fixed through federal laws.

Only a moron would blame Biden. Republicans are to blame.

frezik,

I need to find a way to blame both sides instead of the one clearly doing most of the damage. Can’t you work with me, here?

rasakaf679,

Tell me how long has he been in his office?? He could have made his stance clear. Is he willing to say that out loud now?

snooggums,
@snooggums@midwest.social avatar

He responded pretty quickly with the amount of power he has as president.

youngGoku,

Biden could have changed them back

How would he do that?

Wojwo,

Eh, it’s the culmination of decades of planning and scheming by the Heritage Foundation and others. Donald Trump is just a symptom. Sometimes a single symptom overshadows the whole disease.

pearsaltchocolatebar,

Yeah, we’ve been heading down this path since Reagan.

snooggums,
@snooggums@midwest.social avatar

The path has been clear since Regean, but even that wasn’t the beginning.

frezik,

How far back do you want to go? Agriculture might have been a bad move.

Wojwo,

Something definitely happened in the 70s. The civil rights movement of the 60s, seemed to spark a principal skinner moment. Plus Watergate and push back against Vietnam. “Could we be out of touch? No it’s the children”

Communism’s boogeyman effect was wearing off, and the conservatives needed some new material. Racism is always a good lever. So you get the southern strategy, Powell memorandum, Heritage Foundation, and the seeds for what will become Fox News.

I think there’s a good argument for the early 70s as a starting point.

elbarto777,

I hate Trump as much as the next guy. But let’s get real. The GOP did this.

Remember when the GOP shut down the government twice under Obama? I remember. I never forgave them for that.

frezik,

It’s the argument that Never Trumpers love. “Trump isn’t a real Republican and we didn’t want this. We merely setup all the conditions for someone like Trump to come along and eat the party whole.”

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