anyone with a minimal understanding of litigation risk expected this after Dobbs. some details in a thread:
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NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
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Those assholes own every one of these deaths, and I hope they never have a peaceful night’s sleep for the rest of their miserable lives.
With no pressure the other way, the hospitals will of course take the safest course (for them, not the patients.)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/02/the-texas-ob-gyn-exodus
Litigation is expensive and time-consuming. A doctor who has to miss work to prepare and assist in the defense of a malpractice case (and the hospital too) can lose a ton of money.
An abortion exception for rape and incest, for example, is ineffective because how does the doctor prove that?
If a woman's life is at risk, and that's the only way it's legal to operate, that doctor isn't going to do anything unless the woman is about to die to avoid the litigation risk.
The answer is basically always no, and at that point the facts don't matter. You can't afford the fight.