It is now indisputable that pregnant women needing emergency care are being allowed to die in states that have banned & criminalized abortion Yet somehow it’s fine to ask 🤰 trainees / faculty to travel to these states for medical conferences or miss out on professional opportunities? #idsky #medsky - ThreadSky

germhuntermd.bsky.social • 136 days ago

It is now indisputable that pregnant women needing emergency care are being allowed to die in states that have banned & criminalized abortion

Yet somehow it’s fine to ask 🤰 trainees / faculty to travel to these states for medical conferences or miss out on professional opportunities? #idsky #medsky

Reposted from ProPublica

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.

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driramhussain.bsky.social•136 days ago

I don’t think doctors are supposed to be avoiding D&Cs (or saving lives in general).

TMB press release in link:

https://www.tmb.state.tx.us/dl/B01FEE01-030B-2E5A-A64E-70D390BD4594

germhuntermd.bsky.social•135 days ago

Supposed to happen =/= what does happen, as evident by cases like this which are well documented thanks to @propublica.org

redneeraj.bsky.social•134 days ago

We know that young people compensate well until they crash. For it to be clear that a young woman needs a life-saving procedure, she will be close to death.

mariaphillis.bsky.social•135 days ago

Not to mention be required to take board certification exams in person in these states as a provider of abortion services...

germhuntermd.bsky.social•135 days ago

I still have trouble wrapping my mind around that one...

motherofmushrooms.bsky.social•135 days ago

And somehow the joint commission doesn’t care about it as much as tape on the wall or drinks at the nurses stations.

drdonnica.bsky.social•135 days ago

The American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) passed a resolution not to host conferences/meeting in states that have banned/criminalized abortion primarily for that reason.

nena4design.bsky.social•131 days ago

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

propofolmonkey.medsky.social•135 days ago

“Those who piss off women will surely see the Finding Out stage in all its glory.”

- Fallopians 2:31

sarchasmm.bsky.social•132 days ago

actnsang192.bsky.social•135 days ago

📌

drdonnica.bsky.social•135 days ago

Women who attend medical meetings may be pregnant & may have complications. Happened to me: 1993 at AMWA national meeting in Virginia. I was 6 weeks pregnant & didn't know til I started hemorrhaging. Luckily, I got great medical care & that baby is now 30. But it could have been otherwise.

drdonnica.bsky.social•135 days ago

Every other organization with women members/attendees should follow suit.

cronfest.bsky.social•135 days ago

100%

jimro62.bsky.social•130 days ago

Consider the legal implications of trying to in a banned state, let alone the moral ones

germhuntermd.bsky.social•135 days ago

👏👏👏 bravo!

rnadoctor.bsky.social•135 days ago

Yep. Imagine if you're pregnant, are attending a conference in a state that has banned/criminalized abortion, and you have a sudden medical emergency.

kristinjboyle.bsky.social•135 days ago

It’s a war on anyone who can get pregnant.

dawsonsc.bsky.social•130 days ago

and as they position themselves to overreach and ban the abortion pill, every other commercial seems to be for some cheap PDE inhibitor. This enrages me. When do the MEN get punished? Why do RAPISTS receive a lesser jail sentence than docs performing D&Cs?
https://humanparts.medium.com/men-cause-100-of-unwanted-pregnancies-eb0e8288a7e5

tempaleigh.bsky.social•135 days ago

Good. These states are not safe for women.

oldmanbythec.bsky.social•130 days ago

Wonderful, thank you!

artisanbrain.bsky.social•134 days ago

Absolutely start talking with the power of the dollar. Stop enriching states stomping on civil rights, & healthcare of 50% of Americans. Big biz runs by bottom dollar, period.

Use the free app Goods Unite US, so either side of fense you can see where & who your money is profiting red or blue.

mr10024.bsky.social•136 days ago

It’s worse that pre-Roe. At least then women could get miscarriage care.

terryadirimmd.bsky.social•135 days ago

Right on. Wouldn’t it be great if our medical societies cared enough about Women physicians that they didn’t hold conferences/meetings in these states?

denisedewald.bsky.social•135 days ago

Yet another example of how systematically women are marginalized.

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