an an OBGYN applicant who is preparing for interviews right now, i just want to express how profoundly difficult it is to stay focused and centered right now. extending grace to all my fellow applicants who want to continue protecting women with increasingly limited tools.
The parents of two children who died by AR-15 gunfire consented to having The Post visually reconstruct what the bullets did to their bodies.
A spokesman for the family of Peter Wang, a Parkland victim, said the "parents want people to know the truth" https://t.co/opHlruDFmP
Before you say, "they allow exceptions!" the GA law allows for exceptions for "medical emergencies", I read the text. Best case, in GA, I'll need an attorney to help me make the case that brain tumor treatment is "emergent". I should not need an attorney to treat my patients.
#truestory - 26yo woman with 3 kids presents with malignant brain tumor and she's pregnant. She needs surgery, radiation and chemotherapy that she can't get while pregnant. Women deserve autonomy over their bodies and access to abortions. Yes, this affects #neurosurgery too.
Pro-lifers don't like complexity. At 17 weeks my placenta detached and he was much too small. I thought I felt my baby's frantic attempts to breathe. My OBGYN advised me to terminate the pregnancy, there wasn't much time. But I couldn't.
What happens to the women with an ectopic pregnancy, or the fetus that won’t survive childbirth, or the IVF embryos. Patient rooms should be off limits because these decisions don’t get any easier when the government is involved.
The United States has one of the worst maternal mortality rates in the developed world. That statistic only worsens for women of color. In a country, that does little to rectify these outcomes it’s outrageous to tell women they have to carry pregnancies to term.
Pregnancy and childbirth is dangerous in this country. Our elected leaders do not understand the impacts this decision will have on women and healthcare providers because they don’t understand our bodies or reproductive care.
Miscarriages are SO common. You know someone who has had a miscarriage. Think about the implications these laws will have on those women: your mother, sister, daughter. What have we become.
Three weeks ago, I had a miscarriage. I was six weeks pregnant. I live in Texas, a state that has effectively banned abortions.
A thread about what it is to cease to be pregnant in a state where abortions are banned:
Now more than ever, governors and state legislatures must stand up for women’s healthcare. We know the stakes and must stand firm to protect a woman’s choice and access to medical care. - RC