Pregnant Women in Distress being turned way from ERs

[Truthseeker]

Associated Press story

Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, are turned away from ERs despite federal law

More than 100 pregnant women in medical distress who sought help from emergency rooms have been turned away or negligently treated since 2022.

apnews.com

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Emergency room doctors at Ascension Seton Williamson in Texas handed her a pamphlet on miscarriage and told her to “let nature take its course” before discharging her without treatment for her ectopic pregnancy.​

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Two women – one in Florida and one in Texas – were left to miscarry in public restrooms. In Arkansas, a woman went into septic shock and her fetus died after an emergency room sent her home. At least four other women with ectopic pregnancies had trouble getting any treatment, including one California woman who needed a blood transfusion after she sat for nine hours in an emergency waiting room.​

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“The doctors knew I needed an abortion, but these bans are making it nearly impossible to get basic emergency healthcare,” she said in a statement. “I’m filing this complaint because women like me deserve justice and accountability from those that hurt us.”​

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In Florida, a 15-week pregnant woman leaked amniotic fluid for an hour in Broward Health Coral Springs’ emergency wait room, according to federal documents. An ultrasound revealed the patient had no amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus, a dangerous situation that can cause serious infection.​

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The woman miscarried in a public bathroom that day, after the emergency room doctor listed her condition as “improved” and discharged her, without consulting the hospital’s OB-GYN.​

I believe this is absolutely unconscionable. I hope the courts find it to be, as well.

**legal definition of unconscionable:
Unconscionable is an adjective that means without a conscience; unscrupulous; so unfair or unjust that it shocks the conscience. The adjective is frequently used in the context of contract law for contracts that have grossly oppressive and unfair terms. When a court finds a contract unconscionable, it is unenforceable..

The doctors are afraid in those states of being prosecuted for doing the right thing, so I don't blame them, I blame the unjust laws.

 

[The Hammer]

Are we on the fast track to making pregnancy and childbirth third-world dangerous again?

That's what it's looking like. It's scary.

 

[crossfire]

That's what it's looking like. It's scary.

Yeah. :/

 

[Pogo]

Are we on the fast track to making pregnancy and childbirth third-world dangerous again?

And going back to historical methods that have been around for thousands of years.

History of abortion - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Brickjectivity]

...Maybe the Doctors are pro-abortion and are not willing to help women who want a child...

This is a dreadful thing to imagine and should not be brought up without knowing of specific doctors who'd somehow think this way. If the insurer will only pay them for an abortion that might be something to worry about and is a possibility but very unlikely. Pregnancy is probably 30% of hospital business.

Its very profitable. An ER doctor is required to know something about obstetrics and gynecology and to suddenly not remember...well it suggests someone is drunk at their desk or is avoiding a political or liability problem. Babies are well understood, and the nurses do most of the grunt work. ER's have complete tools to deal with pregnancy from incubators to pacifiers.

 

[Valjean]

There is another way to look at this. Maybe the Doctors are pro-abortion and are not willing to help women who want a child, especially if they are having a difficult pregnancy.

Abortions are much easier to perform, and since the goal is termination, botched still works. A more difficult pregnancy is a liability time bomb and the doctors prefer their malpractice insurance premiums stay low. Follow the money.

Let's get real. The Republicans are promoting the religious agenda of their evangelical supporters.
New anti-abortion, anti-choice, legislation's coming out weekly. Drs are being threatened with life imprisonment for any actions that might be construed as not supporting childbirth in every situation. Insurance rates are soaring. Every Dr-Pt interaction that involves pregnancy, obstetrics or gynecology is being scrutinized. Physicians fear for their jobs, their licenses, even their freedom.
That's why they're avoiding anything that even remotely smacks of interfering with pregnancy and childbirth.