Georgia BlueMay 19, 2023
Dan Gillmor

The state of Florida put this family through sadistic torture to force the birth of an infant with no chance of survival.

Will the state pay the medical bills that their "insurance" rejected? Yeah, right.

Cruelty on top of cruelty.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2023/florida-abortion-law-deborah-dorbert/

After being denied an abortion, a Florida mother watched her baby die

Milo Evan Dorbert, whose mother’s pregnancy tested the interpretation of Florida’s new abortion law, was born with a fatal abnormality. He lived 99 minutes.

The Washington Post
May 19, 2023 at 8:08pmWeb
Show threadLAURENMay 19, 2023
@dangillmor
They must sue. Punitive damages for pain and suffering. We are going to have to litigate our way through these aggressive and destructive laws. It is the only way. Waiting and hoping for the best outcome from the next election cycle no longer works.
Show threadMark W. AlexanderMay 19, 2023

@noondlyt @dangillmor

Yes. Sue the state. Unfortunately, individual legislatures are probably indemnified.

I'd still like to see them try.

Show threadLAURENMay 20, 2023
@AnonymooseGuy @dangillmor Time to stop assuming and just proceed. Whether it is legal or not has no bearing on whether it should be attempted. We have to become much more aggressive now. There are no other options.
Show threadMark W. AlexanderMay 20, 2023

@noondlyt @dangillmor

True. It's not like the #Fascists care about actual right and wrong.

The only "right" they champion is there's, and their's alone. The right to power.

#HumanRights are a myth to be extinguished.

We are only fighting for the survival of the #RuleOfLaw; the foundation of civilization.

No big deal ...

It's time to be (dare I say it?) ...

#Audacious

Show threadAwakened Dragon 🏳️‍🌈🦒🌊🌻May 20, 2023
@noondlyt @dangillmor Agree. Sue the state and Ron DeSantis. I'm curious how people are dealing with the lack of medical coverage for hospital stays,etc. Insurance companies typically only cover approved treatment, which would be an abortion. I forget the phrase they use for "unnecessary procedures", but any and all billing after that would be billed to the tortured family.
Show threadJohn ScaliseMay 19, 2023
@dangillmor I think it is legitimate to say that the GOP’s abortion bans led to untold suffering for this infant as it tried to breath. So much for caring for the children. It continues to be about controlling women’s bodies.
Show threadCharlie StrossMay 20, 2023
@johnscalise @dangillmor Not only is it about controlling women: it's about treating children as property (the property of their male owner, typically the father). It's all one big slavery-adjacent hairball of horrors.
Show threadSusannaAuthor Old White HippieMay 19, 2023

@dangillmor And she’s not the only one. There are women whose own lives were put at risk, who had to become septic before doctors could perform an abortion on a dead fetus to save the mother’s life. It’s disgusting. And the perpetrators have the nerve to call themselves “pro life.”

What will it take to get government to stop making medical decisions for people? A Constitutional Amendment?

Show threadDaisy Doo & TuxieGirl BettyMay 19, 2023
@dangillmor Torturing WOMEN has become the platform of the GOP.
Show threadDarwin WoodkaMay 19, 2023
@dangillmor should just start leaving the dead fetuses in DeSantis' office
Show threadGATEKEEPERMay 19, 2023
@dangillmor
Party's over. Time to leave Florida if you're of child baring age.
Show threadSaftyKumaMay 20, 2023
@GatekeepKen @dangillmor
Time to leave Florida, period.
Show threadT.WllmsMay 19, 2023

@dangillmor

If you are of child bearing age in Florida… and many other right-wing red states… you are a target and may be subject to some of Americas cruelest laws… this is a heartbreaking horrible story but it must be told… it’s grief filled…

He arrived in the world with no kidneys, underdeveloped lungs and a life expectancy of between 20 minutes and a couple of hours.😢😢😢

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Show threadedburnsMay 19, 2023
@dangillmor The cruelty is the point, right?
Show threadDeelightFullMay 19, 2023
@dangillmor the state robbed her of 6 mths of fertility to try and get pregnant again. Feels like this strategy needs to be pursued.
Show threadSouthern LeftistMay 19, 2023

@dangillmor
I must reject my over-sympathetic urges and condemn this blatant act of state sadomasochism.

It baffles one's mind to image the mentality behind such right-wing atrocity.

Show threadMushifootMay 20, 2023
@dangillmor Forcing an infant to term so it can engage in a hopeless struggle to breathe for 99 agonizing minutes before dying.
Show threadCraig McgeeMay 20, 2023
@tismark @dangillmor I feel quite sick.
Show threadKathy E. Gill 🇺🇦May 20, 2023

@dangillmor

Just read this via Memeorandum.

Cruelty seems to be the purpose. 🙁

Show threadVerpeiltikonMay 20, 2023
@dangillmor Sorry to put it so bluntly but F***K you, Florida.. #abortion #abortionlaw
Show threadRon DeSantis's BDEMay 20, 2023

@dangillmor
Reminder that Ron DeSantis's C.V. includes "Torturer."

That's not hyperbole. He was employed as a torturer at Guantanamo. Enough cannot be said about that.

Show threadHolger FialloMay 20, 2023
@dangillmor Not. That is what happen when people let the state take over. Cruelty and hate takes over. Florida is becoming Florida of Nazies. Those who live there need to move out unless they support it. Businesses need to move also.