Heartbreaking
How Florida’s abortion ban is leaving one family in agony
Despite their baby’s fatal fetal abnormality, the Dorbert family was denied the possibility of terminating their pregnancy early.
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Working as intended, sadly.
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I read the longer WaPo article about this today: non-paywall link
It’s so enraging:
Deborah and Lee Dorbert say the most painful decision of their lives was not honored by the physicians they trust. Even though medical experts expect their baby to survive only 20 minutes to a couple of hours, the Dorberts say their doctors told them that because of the new legislation, they could not terminate the pregnancy.
Unfathomable cruelty to force people through the experience of giving birth to a child that you then have to watch die in your arms.
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lol Josie Duffy Rice tweeted about this and her mentions immediately got full of angry right-wingers being like “no she didn’t, that wasn’t an abortion”
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lmao
looks like that’s by mail
The women who are bringing the suit contradict stereotypes about who receives abortions and why. Married, and some with children already, the women rejoiced at their pregnancies, only to discover that their fetuses had no chance of survival — two had no skulls, and two others were threatening the lives of their twins.
Though they faced the risk of hemorrhage or life-threatening infection from carrying those fetuses, the women were told they could not have abortions, the suit says. Some doctors refused even to suggest the option, or to forward medical records to another provider.
The women found themselves furtively crossing state borders to seek medical treatment outside Texas, worried that family and neighbors might report them to state authorities. In some cases, the women became so ill that they were hospitalized. One plaintiff, Amanda Zurawski, was told she was not yet sick enough to receive an abortion, then twice became septic, and was left with so much scar tissue that one of her fallopian tubes is permanently closed.
Ms. Hall, 28, said many of her relatives and neighbors considered themselves “pro-life” and believed there was a “loophole” if the fetus had a fatal condition. And many of her friends did not understand that the procedure she obtained at a clinic outside Seattle, dilation and curettage, was the same as an abortion.
This lawsuit is unlikely to change much given the extremely narrow relief they’re asking for:
Unlike other suits from abortion rights groups, the Texas suit does not seek to overturn the state bans on abortion. Instead, it asks the court to confirm that Texas law allows physicians to offer abortion if, in their good-faith judgment, the procedure is necessary because the woman has a “physical emergent medical condition” that cannot be treated during pregnancy or that makes continuing the pregnancy unsafe, or the fetus has a condition “where the pregnancy is unlikely to result in the birth of a living child with sustained life.”
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As always, CA GOAT
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/07/politics/gavin-newsom-walgreens-california-abortion-drug/index.html
“California won’t be doing business with @walgreens – or any company that cowers to the extremists and puts women’s lives at risk,” the Democratic governor tweeted. “We’re done.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/10/texas-abortion-lawsuit/
A Texas man has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against three women who allegedly helped his ex-wife obtain abortion pills and terminate her pregnancy, in the first case of its kind to be brought since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
The lawsuit could signal a new phase in antiabortion strategy, with conservatives scrambling to crack down on growing abortion pill networks that have helped pregnant people access medication abortion in states where the procedure is banned.
This is the guy who Ian Milheiser repeatedly calls “Trump’s worst judge” who’s prob gonna issue a nationwide ban on mifepristone from Amarillo, Texas, trying to make sure he can do it in silence
it seems insane that
A) a judge can actually review the FDA’s approval of medication on… some grounds? Not really clear, the media has done a shit job explaining how this even ended up here
B) the plaintiff here basically hand-picked the judge who was placed specifically for this case or cases like it
C) the judge has obvious conflicts of interest
and the media just sort of ignores all this shit, like, Milheiser is the only guy really pointing this shit out, the entire charade is a joke, there’s no actual judging that will occur, it’s all predetermined and NPR is acting like this is a legitimate case where arguments will be weighed
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Yeah the WaPo alert I got on my phone for this was like “judge seems open to reviewing mifepristone approval” and I was like come the fuck on you guys. The article text is a little more reasonable
but still holds back a bit? Like yeah this guy is a clown and the case is a total fucking clownshow, seeking an unprecedented power grab by the courts over agency policy, but WaPo still just sticking to the facts and forcing the reader to figure that out for themselves.
This isn’t the Dakota that Kristi Noem governs, if you were wondering like me, so I’m not sure how likely it is now that North Dakota starts looking into how to overhaul their state court system:
Wyoming: popping up every now and then to remind you that the Deep South isn’t the only home of America’s WOAT states
This is at least the second Idaho hospital to announce that this month, Jessica earlier reported about this one too which will require women to drive an hour away:
re: Wisconsin Supreme Court election:
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Put whoever ran that WI Supreme Court race in charge of nationwide Dem strategy for 2024.