If you are a patient, know a patient or will ever be a patient, please know that nurses are going on strike for you.
Please know that hospitals refuse to adhere to safe staffing standards & are exploiting healthcare workers at YOUR expense.
Saying “you can pick a good dad for your kids” is hurtful. Most people think they choose good partners and sometimes life is messy and a baby happens. It’s hurtful and shameful to make women feel like they had control over their baby daddy’s behaviors. It puts the blame on them.
We often don’t bring this up when speaking about abortion and pregnancy.
A woman is most likely to be murdered during pregnancy than any other time in their life.
I will lose my license before I turn in anyone coming in for reproductive services after their state left them without a choice.
I will lose my license before I turn a patient in to the carceral system which only seeks to harm & oppress.
First do no harm. Period.
Everyone I know that has gotten an abortion had a difficult time coming up with that decision. No one was content about it.
I can’t imagine how much more difficult this will be. How much more traumatic of an experience & all the psychological repercussions it will have
As a fertility doctor, I’m scared about what this means for IVF. The definition of life will be defined at the state level and will change the scope of my field in many places.
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