Force to carry the baby to 33 weeks when she knew months earlier that the condition was always fatal.
Had to have a closed casket because the baby was never going to be able to have a fully formed skull.
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So disgusting. Ashamed of my state. I hope we can eventually get some people in power that aren’t callous fear mongerers.
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It’s just actual torture at this point.
The cruelty is the point.
God bless the Christian Republicans and their wholesome family values.
/s for those who need it.
Another proud moment for Christianity
Just as Texas intended
Sacrifices must be made up appease the religious extremist voter base
You have to remember more than half the people in Texas vote for this shit while believing they live in the most free place in the world. Should freedom mean the freedom to take away other people's freedom or should it mean the freedom to do what you want?
The takeaway from this is if you live someplace like this the average person is not your friend. Get out while you still can.
Freedom means guns, and more freedom means more guns, brother
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6 Catholics overturned Roe too. Catholics only represent 23% of the population and tend to have much stricter views on abortion than Jewish and Hindu folks for instance. Maybe we shouldn't let 6 people from the same freaking religion decide anything with religious overtones. But if we do, and in the case of abortion...maybe it shouldn't be the people that think Jesus got magically beamed into Mary's womb from orbit.
To correct you and also amplify the irony: Roe was overturned by 6 Catholic justices whose views on abortion diverge greatly from the 64% of American Catholics and 40% of American Catholic Republicans that believe that abortion should be legal in most or all cases.
Absolutely deplorable. I feel so terrible for those women. What an awful thing to go through. Even if a pregnancy goes well, it's still incredibly hard. It's also likely that the twin only lived because they selectively reduced the twin pregnancy in another state.
The argument against them is ridiculous. That it was really doctors who failed them? How? What's the logic in that? It's impossible to detect these birth defects before six weeks pregnant. We don't have the technology for it. But it's not fatal for the birth parent, so Texas doesn't care.
That their case should be dismissed because they had a "go fund me"? This one really gets me. How does a "go fund me" negate the actions of the state? Or is the logic really "they got money and they're only doing this for money?"
But it’s not fatal for the birth parent, so Texas doesn’t care.
even worse, even when it's fatal a lot of medical professionals are now afraid to act until something is IMMEDIATELY fatal in texas. you've got women suffering, waiting for a predictable medical disaster, hospitals telling them "come back when you're septic" and won't do anything before then.
Fucking disgusting
I feel that any lawmaker who votes for these laws should be held personally liable in cases like these, much like medical professionals can be sued for medical malpractice. Every single one of them should be sued into abject financial destitution as a warning for anyone else to think twice before pulling shit like this ever again.
Where are the fucking insurance companies?! They should be screaming about forced birth legislation that causes tens of thousands of dollars in medical procedures they would otherwise not incur.
Insurance companies don't actually pay out so this doesn't impact them.
This is a flippant comment that disregards the fact that MANY MANY people have health insurance that is NOT shitty and in fact pays up without a lot of horseshit. You're not really responding to the question posed, just griping about the terrible state of American healthcare access. I am honestly curious about what role health insurance companies could play in undermining forced birth legislation.
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This is absolutely terrible and was completely foreseeable. Republicans are waging class warfare in the name of their invisible wizard in the sky. Laws that applies to the poor but not for the rich.
Well this is what degeracy looks like circa 2033
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