🧵 Imagine this: You and your wife are expecting your first child.
You’ve spent the last 7 months preparing, spending countless hours decorating the nursery, reading “What To Expect” books, dreaming about the future.
You live in Texas, where the laws are some of the strictest in the country— /1
You’ve spent the last 7 months preparing, spending countless hours decorating the nursery, reading “What To Expect” books, dreaming about the future.
You live in Texas, where the laws are some of the strictest in the country— /1
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But then, the unthinkable happens.
Something goes wrong—terribly wrong, and she is rushed to the hospital.
The doctors tell you the fetus is no longer viable—and now your wife’s life is in danger.
Her body begins to shut down. /2
But the doctors stand there, helpless. There is nothing they can do because in your state, abortion is illegal.
The law, pushed into place by Donald Trump’s Supreme Court, /3
So, you wait.
You watch her suffer. The infection takes hold.
Her skin turns pale; she’s sweating, shivering, her body trembling as the fever spikes.
Her breath becomes shallow, labored. /4
You can see the fear in her eyes as she whispers your name, telling you she’s scared.
But still, the doctors do nothing.
Her organs start failing, one by one.
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She’s drifting in and out of consciousness now, the machines beeping more urgently with every passing minute.
The infection has spread to her bloodstream, poisoning her body from the inside out, and now her heart is struggling to keep up. /6
The doctors tell you their hands are tied—there’s nothing they can do to save her.
She takes her last breath—the light leaves her eyes.
She’s gone.
The dystopian law, signed off by politicians… /7