Pregnancy has always been more dangerous than abortion, but now, in #ForcedBirthStates like TX, the rate of life-threatening pregnancy complications has risen 50%. Abortion is health care. Without access, women die.
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I hope it costs them, in fact I know it will, as ob-gyns are fleeing #ForcedBirthStates. The trouble is, the rest of us will play the price, too.
But of course. OBgyn's are in an impossible bind in #ForcedBirthStates. They can't follow state law while upholding Hippocratic oath. Only ethical choices: leave the state or resist. And they have families, too!
Docs in #ForcedBirthStates are in an impossible bind. It's impossible to obey state law and uphold Hippocratic oath. The only safe and honest response is to flee those states, which they are doing.
Not every woman can move out of #ForcedBirthStates, even though they're dangerous to women's health. But if enough do move, it will create a gender imbalance that not even state governments will be able to ignore.
If my molar pregnancy had gone untreated when I started hemorrhaging, I would have died. That's 9 books, 2 sons, and three grandchildren who would never have existed. Women are dying needless now in #ForcedBirthStates. Trump sure as hell won't help women, so we must!
Women in #ForcedBirthStates need help accessing abortions. Here's a first-rate site that lays it all out, including, for women who can't afford it, the means to pay for travel, childcare, and medical services. Please share widely. wetestify.org/abortion
Advocates like brigidalliance.org help women in #ForcedBirthStates access abortions. But women must draw their own conclusions and act! Docs are fleeing those states. For their own safety, women must start relocation process