Josseli Barnica grieved the news as she lay in a Houston hospital bed on Sept. 3, 2021: The sibling she'd dreamt of giving her daughter would not survive this pregnancy. The fetus was on the verge of coming out, its head pressed against her dilated cervix; she was 17 weeks pregnant and a miscarriage was "in progress," doctors noted in hospital records. At that point, they should have offered to speed up the delivery or empty her uterus to stave off a deadly infection, more than a dozen medical experts told ProPublica. For 40 hours, the anguished 28-year-old mother prayed for doctors to help her get home to her daughter; all the while, her uterus remained exposed to bacteria. Three days after she delivered, Barnica died of an infection.
"Texas Woman Died After the Hospital Said It Would be a "Crime" to Intervene in Her Miscarriage"
This is exactly the kind of tragedy that Michelle Obama spoke about recently in Michagan:
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If you and your partner are expecting a child, you will be right by her side at the checkup, terrified if her blood pressure is too high or if there's an issue with the placenta or if the ultrasound shows that the embryo was implanted in the wrong place and the doctors aren't sure that they can intervene to keep the woman you love safe. If your wife is shivering and bleeding on the operating room table during a routine delivery gone bad, her pressure dropping as she loses more and more blood or some unforeseen infection spreads and her doctors aren't sure if they can act, you will be the one praying that it's not too late. You will be the one pleading for somebody, anybody, to do something. And then there is the tragic but very real possibility that in the worst case scenario, you just might be the one holding flowers at the funeral. You might be the one left to raise your children alone.
See, these are just some of the ways women die during childbirth. And I don't want to be a downer, y'all. But in many cases, there is no warning and things go bad very quickly. And when it happens, every second of hesitation or delay can lead to devastating outcomes. So I am asking y'all from the core of my being to take our lives seriously. Please do not put our lives in the hands of politicians, mostly men who have no clue or do not care about what we as women are going through, who don't fully grasp the broad-reaching health implications that their misguided policies will have on our health outcomes.
#9 | Posted by Bluewaffles
When Obama had a super majority in the Senate, Roe v. Wade was the law of the land.
Why was there the need to "legalize" abortion when it was already legal?
How many women have to die before men like Bellringer take this issue and the desperation of real women seriously? From a thread the other day "Michelle Obama Pleads in MI: 'Take Our Lives Seriously':"
This reeks of desperation.
Hey, Michelle.
Your hubby tried the guilt ga,e and it fell flat. You're no5 going to fare any better.
#4 | Posted by BellRinger
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"You guys had the opportunity to put it into law and you chose not to ..."
#18 | Posted by Bluewaffles
It was law. A little thing known as stare decisis.
That every single Justice appointed by Bush (Sr & Jr) and Trump promised to honor
They lied.
"It's deplorable how the medical profession has made the decision to withhold medically necessary and completely legal treatment to make political points."
#24 | Posted by visitor_
That's by design...
...by the so-called "right-to-life" people who want medical professionals afraid to provide medically necessary treatment for fear of losing their medical license, or even go to prison.
Congratulations.
It is working.
Oh, and Happy Anniversary ! ! !
"I have zero respect for any man who does not fully support women and their rights to reproductive care." -
#25 | Posted by truthhurts | Flag: Bravo, truthhurts, BRAVO
"For those paying attention, stories like the above are why "abortion" care is necessary at all times of a pregnancy - beginning to end." -
#51 | Posted by TonyRoma | Flag: Tony is 100% correct! see also: The Absolute Truth About Abortion
#57 | Posted by robson at 2024-10-30 11:30 AM | Reply | Flag: A keen understanding, or something else?
#70 | Posted by lfthndthrds
Isn't it time for you to change your underwear?
I'm just trying to be helpful.
You're welcome.
"Personally I feel like abortion, up to a certain point in pregnancy. should be legal."
#75 | Posted by lfthndthrds | Flag: Helpful?
"Is this your way of telling me you're tired of me tea bagging you? -
#78 | Posted by Posted by lfthndthrds
So-called tea bagging is the forte of the right and "religious".
At least that's what your mom says.
You're welcome.
"Are you referencing the instance where the woman (late in term) took a handful of pills to kill her baby?" -
#87 | Posted by lfthndthrds
A woman's desperation: It is what women haters, like lfthndthrds and BILLJOHNSON, long for.
They dream about it and wake up in the morning in a tented position.
That's how much they hate women and love to see them in desperation.
"Abortion was being used in this culture as birth control and it's disgusting to me.."
#106 | Posted by lfthndthrds
So what?
"They settled on a back door, handshake deal instead."
#127 | Posted by lfthndthrds
Roe v. Wade, decided in 1973, was a "back door, handshake deal"?
Can anyone explain that?
a 49 year old scotus ruling is the opposite of a "back door" its as front door as it gets. 6 "justices" lying about stare decisis to get in and kill roe is as back door as you can get. underhanded, unpopular weasel crap thats gonna cost you guys an election." -One of the best posts I've read recently.
#131 | Posted by Alexandrite
Thank you, Alexandrite.
"...a short cut ..." -
#136 | Posted by lfthndthrds
Just how is a SCOTUS decision in 1973 a "short cut"?
Can anyone explain that?
"Even just the fact you people are trying to justify putting a man in woman's sports is sickening." -
#146 | Posted by boaz
Men in women's sports?
What's the matter, boaz, you don't like the competition?
They were afraid of jail time and losing their license.
It wasn't a "political statement" you idiot.
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