GhostalmediaTexas woman traumatized after being to carry an unviable pregnancy to term
Force to carry the baby to 33 weeks when she knew months earlier that the condition was alway fatal.
Had to have a closed casket because the baby was never going to be able to have a fully formed skull.
Lifecoach5000So disgusting. Ashamed of my state. I hope we can eventually get some people in power that aren’t callous fear mongerers.
sproketboyBecause she’s too retarded to travel to another state in the 21st century.
She lives in Houston. It’s a 12+ hour drive to the nearest state where it would be legal.
Texas is seeking to punish women who leave the state for healthcare. They’ve currently been blocked at the federal court level from doing that, at least for now.
None of this has been about punishing people who are able to take a few days off work to travel out of state for healthcare.
Yeah because that’s the answer, force a woman who doesn’t want/cant have a child to incur travel expenses when it should be a Healthcare service offered nearby.
Especially in this instance, where is an extremely traumatic pregnancy, let’s just go ahead and force her to sell travel accommodations on top of what she’s dealing with.
What a compassionate person you must be.
Fucking disgusting
PaulDevonUKGod bless the Christian Republicans and their wholesome family values.
/s for those who need it.
Given the options of “drive, fly, or take a bus somewhere” or “shit out a tangle of goop and limbs you schlep around for 8 months” then you can’t really blame anyone but yourself if you choose b. Additionally if you can’t afford $400 and a round trip plane ticket to Las Vegas to get it scraped out then what the fuck are you even doing having a kid in the first place?
snooggumsYour opinion bad and you should feel bad.
MeowdyPardnerAh so you're one of those "poor people don't deserve sex" people
Mr_BuscemiYikes. What did the comment say? It was deleted by the time I saw it.
Contextually, probably something about leaving the state for an abortion or not having sex unless you can afford the entirely government imposed consequences. Just typical incel rhetoric.
Yeah that makes sense based on the replies. That was the first time I’ve seen the “removed by mod” text on Lemmy.
Someone else posted a rather awful comment just I loaded up this thread
RomThat’s a lot of words for “fuck poor people.”
Countess425Not to mention this is the state that lets anybody claim a $10,000 bounty on anybody aiding an abortion. Can’t get anybody to cover your shift at work, watch your other kids, help you pay for doctors, flights, and hotels to just hop, skip, and jump on over to New Mexico because any busy body can sue those people for helping you get an abortion.
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
demvoterWhere 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.
For the people who can't afford these costs out of pocket, they frequently can't afford insurance without exceptions and carve outs.
root_beerI 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.
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.
Another proud moment for Christianity
So rare it made news
So excited I get to try the Lemmy “block” feature for the first time! Bye bye @Blamemeta, I won’t miss you. Oh, and I know you’ve only been here for 6 days, but being a troll doesn’t benefit you here - there’s no karma. Peace.
Good. By unviable they just mean leftist.
A WAHHMAN couldn’t travel to another state in the 21st century. WAHHHHH