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I wish we didn't use euphemisms like "reproductive healthcare" when talking about abortion, because I don't know if this comment is suggesting there have been a

I wish we didn't use euphemisms like "reproductive healthcare" when talking about abortion, because I don't know if this comment is suggesting there have been actual changes to healthcare for pregnant women, or just saying there have been more unwanted babies delivered that would have been killed in-utero previously. I know that private equity purchases of healthcare companies have decreased access to healthcare in rural areas and decreased quality of care at many hospitals. I know that PBMs (pharmacy benefit managers) have decreased access to medicines. I know that the AMA has restricted the number of OBGyn residency spots which keeps the number of doctors too small, and correspondingly overworked. I know that many experienced nurses left the field entirely during covid, due to hours/stress/pay/trauma leaving many hospitals and clinics understaffed and with inexperienced nurses barely out of school running wards. Any of the things I listed in the second paragraph seem far more impactful than changing how many weeks pregnant a person can be to have an elective abortion, in terms of maternal deaths.

dredmorbius 2y ago
The term is accurate if for no other reasons than: - Methods utilised during abortions are also utilised in non-abortion treatments particularly where the fetus is nonviable or has already died, including miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, and fetal demise. See: "In Oklahoma, a woman was told to wait until she's 'crashing' for abortion care" Statton ... learned she had a type of molar pregnancy, in which some of the tissue is cancerous. ... Her doctor told her she was at risk of hemorrhage and even death, but that she couldn't get treated there. The treatment for a patient in her condition is a dilation and curettage or D&C – an abortion procedure that clears pregnancy tissue from the uterus. Over the course of a week, again and again, she says doctors told her they could not care for her. After a week of being transferred to three different Oklahoma hospitals, Statton says her doctors actually suggested she leave the state and go to a place where an abortion is legal. <https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/25/1171851775/oklahoma-woman-abortion-ban-study-shows-confusion-at-hospitals https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/25/1171851...> - Non-abortion treatments and procedures are increasingly withheld from pregnant women out of concern that they will be interpreted as abortions, as they in fact have been. See again above, also "Roe is over. Prison sentences are on the way." <https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/abortion-laws-punishing-women-supreme-court-ended-roe-rcna36268 https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/abortion-laws-punishin...> - Medical facilities and doctors are closing and/or leaving states in which strong anti-abortion laws and prosecutions exist. E.g., "Idaho is losing OB-GYNs after strict abortion ban" <https://www.spokanepublicradio.org/regional-news/2024-04-08/idaho-is-losing-ob-gyns-after-strict-abortion-ban-but-health-exceptions-unlikely-this-year https://www.spokanepublicradio.org/regional-news/2024-04-08/...>. American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC): There have been several nationally publicized incidents where women experiencing pregnancy complications were turned away at hospitals due to fear that performing an abortion would be ruled as illegal. <https://www.aamc.org/news/what-doctors-should-know-about-emergency-abortions-states-bans https://www.aamc.org/news/what-doctors-should-know-about-eme...> "Texas AG threatens to prosecute doctors in emergency abortion" <https://www.reuters.com/legal/texas-judge-allows-woman-get-emergency-abortion-despite-state-ban-2023-12-07/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/texas-judge-allows-woman-get-e...>

dredmorbius 2y ago

The term is accurate if for no other reasons than: - Methods utilised during abortions are also utilised in non-abortion treatments particularly where the fetus is nonviable or has already died, including miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, and fetal demise. See: "In Oklahoma, a woman was told to wait until she's 'crashing' for abortion care" Statton ... learned she had a type of molar pregnancy, in which some of the tissue is cancerous. ... Her doctor told her she was at risk of hemorrhage and even death, but that she couldn't get treated there. The treatment for a patient in her condition is a dilation and curettage or D&C – an abortion procedure that clears pregnancy tissue from the uterus. Over the course of a week, again and again, she says doctors told her they could not care for her. After a week of being transferred to three different Oklahoma hospitals, Statton says her doctors actually suggested she leave the state and go to a place where an abortion is legal. <https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/25/1171851775/oklahoma-woman-abortion-ban-study-shows-confusion-at-hospitals https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/25/1171851...> - Non-abortion treatments and procedures are increasingly withheld from pregnant women out of concern that they will be interpreted as abortions, as they in fact have been. See again above, also "Roe is over. Prison sentences are on the way." <https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/abortion-laws-punishing-women-supreme-court-ended-roe-rcna36268 https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/abortion-laws-punishin...> - Medical facilities and doctors are closing and/or leaving states in which strong anti-abortion laws and prosecutions exist. E.g., "Idaho is losing OB-GYNs after strict abortion ban" <https://www.spokanepublicradio.org/regional-news/2024-04-08/idaho-is-losing-ob-gyns-after-strict-abortion-ban-but-health-exceptions-unlikely-this-year https://www.spokanepublicradio.org/regional-news/2024-04-08/...>. American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC): There have been several nationally publicized incidents where women experiencing pregnancy complications were turned away at hospitals due to fear that performing an abortion would be ruled as illegal. <https://www.aamc.org/news/what-doctors-should-know-about-emergency-abortions-states-bans https://www.aamc.org/news/what-doctors-should-know-about-eme...> "Texas AG threatens to prosecute doctors in emergency abortion" <https://www.reuters.com/legal/texas-judge-allows-woman-get-emergency-abortion-despite-state-ban-2023-12-07/ https://www.reuters.com/legal/texas-judge-allows-woman-get-e...>