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Originally Posted by AGDee
That article also describes the problem with the transfer of a patient with complications.
"Some clinics that provide abortions could be forced to close because of a new transfer requirement that forbids publicly funded hospitals from signing agreements to take patients from clinics. Those agreements are required before the Ohio Department of Health grants an abortion clinic permission to operate."
So that's a Catch 22, right? Perhaps it is because I'm from Detroit, where 911 is already way to slow with documented cases of people dying while waiting for them to show up 45 minutes later, but I don't think a 911 emergency system should be used for a routine transfer between two medical facilities. I was transferred from a freestanding ER to a hospital for admission, by ambulance, on Monday. These are routine types of transfers, not emergencies per se.
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Just last week, my husband was dispatched to a doctors office, where a patient was having a heart attack. It was the medics that saved that woman's life, because they were there within 3 minutes of getting the call. When they got to the scene, not a single doctor or nurse had done any chest compressions, and she had no pulse. The doctor stood there with his thumb up his ass while the 3 medics, my husband included, intubated, started an IV line, and alternated giving her chest compressions. That was indeed an emergency situation, certainly not a case of needing a routine transfer. I fail to see how that is any different from an emergency situation during an abortion. We've seen
Burn, and things in Detroit (and places like LA) are in dire straights. Places like Columbus, not so much.
My pro-life stance has nothing to do with my faith. (I'm also very pro-gay rights, my church telling me it's a sin has no impact on my feelings). I think the adoption culture in our country is crap. Abortion as a means of birth control makes me very sad, because I know SO many potentially wonderful parents who are waiting for a baby to adopt. If the public psychological resources existed to helped women with unwanted pregnancies carry to term and give the baby to an adoptive family, that would be an amazing thing and help so many people. Then those same resources have to be there to help the birth mother during her post-partum years as well. During a case of rape/incest, I can understand the justification for an abortion (as early as possible) because it is emotionally detrimental to the mothers mental health. Again, it would be wonderful if the state provided the mental health resources to help a woman carry a child to term in rape/incest cases. We barely have enough public mental health resources to help all of the other people who need it, let alone help for moms with unwanted pregnancies.
Middle aged men using their faith as the basis for the laws is BS, in my opinion. I wish there were more female advocates, as well as mental health advocates to make this NOT about what some constitute as "sin." It's about mental health, and those same middle aged men don't think that is a priority.
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