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It has only been 2 years since the reversal of Roe v. Wade. As a result, in America there is no longer a constitutional protection of a woman’s right to an abortion. Because of this reversal, many states have instituted abortion bans. Abortion law state map
When women face an undesired pregnancy (due to timing, rape, incest, maternal or fetal medical conditions) and cannot access abortion services in their home states with abortion bans, they seek other termination options. One such option is to get a medical abortion pill via mail (unsupervised abortion) another is to travel to nearby states to obtain medically supervised surgical or pill abortion.
The risk of death from the pill abortion is reported as 5 deaths in a million users. The abortion pill is considered safer that taking penicillin or Viagra. It is also safer than doing a surgical abortion or giving birth. Abortion pill safety CNN
The abortion ban laws have created confusion in both patients and doctors. Hospital emergency rooms and physicians – out of fear of losing their medical licenses and facing criminal charges – have refused critical care to vulnerable pregnant patient with detrimental consequences to them. EDs refused to treat pregnant women MedPage Today
In recent days, 2 reports of maternal deaths in the state of Georgia have highlighted the catastrophic consequences from delayed treatment of abortion pill complications. Continue reading MedPage Today Georgia’s abortion ban
It seems that is only the tip of the iceberg!
The Gender Equity Policy Institute Gender Equity Policy Institute analyzed the maternal mortality rate in Texas from 2019 to 2022 and found that it rose to 56% as compared 11 % that was the national average during the same period.
What is unique about Texas is that Texas started a 5 week abortion ban almost a year earlier than the U.S. Supreme court overturned Roe v. Wade. The cause of this increase in maternal mortality is the Texas’ 5 week abortion ban.
So, if Texas started the abortion ban earlier and there is already an increase in maternal deaths of 56% as of 2022, then, what are we to expect nationally with the expansion of the ban in multiple states?
The medical committee review of the Georgia maternal deaths found that both deaths reported by ProPublica were preventable. Yet both women died!
Other than Georgia and Texas, women in other states with abortion bans have suffered dire consequences as a result. In Idaho alone, patients with pregnancy complications have to constantly be evacuated for care. Idaho physicians having to choose between practicing good medicine and withholding care to pregnant women for fear of the criminal prosecution have decided to move elsewhere. As a result, Idaho has lost almost 50 ob-gyns doctors since the Idaho abortion ban. Read more KFF health news , Read more AP news .
Where do we go from here? Are we going to stand and watch women all over the United States die from pregnancy complications? What do we need to do to prevent such disasters?
On a federal level, Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., requested information from hospitals in states with abortion bans. Letters were sent to Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Texas) Baton Rouge General (La.) , Falls Community Hospital & Clinic (Texas) , Freeman Health System (Mo.) , Holmes Regional Medical Center (Fla.) , Person Memorial Hospital (N.C.), Piedmont Henry Hospital (Ga.) , and Women’s Hospital (La.) These hospitals which receive federal funds have been reported as denying or delaying care in emergency reproductive situations. Such denials or delays in care are a potential violation of the EMTALA Law. Read more
The requested hospital information centers on hospital policies and protocols that protect pregnant patients requesting emergency care. Read more
The Senate finance committee for the first time in its history has heard testimony regarding the existing threats to the reproductive health of women and the dire consequences that follow. Read more
On a state level, many states have included abortion ballot initiatives to propose state constitutional amendments to protect abortion rights even in states with abortion bans. Read more
In Nevada, Voters in November 2024 will consider enshrining the right to abortion in the state constitution.
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We offer emergency and hospital services in cases of maternal complications via of our network of collaborating physicians.
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