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The family of a Polish woman who died on Tuesday after doctors refused to perform an abortion when the foetuss heart stopped beating have accused the government of having blood on their hands.
The woman, identified only as Agnieszka T, was said to have been in the first trimester of a twin pregnancy when she was admitted to the Blessed Virgin Mary hospital in Częstochowa on 21 December. Her death comes a year after Poland introduced one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe.
According to a statement released by relatives, the 37-year-old was experiencing pain when she arrived at the hospital but was fully conscious and in good physical shape.
The first foetus died in the womb on 23 December, but doctors refused to remove it, quoting the current abortion legislation, and Agnieszkas family claim her state quickly deteriorated. The hospital waited until the heartbeat of the second twin also stopped a week later, and then waited a further two days before terminating the pregnancy on 31 December.
Agnieszka died on 25 January after weeks of deteriorating health. Her family suspect that she died as a result of septic shock, but the hospital did not identify the cause of her death in statement issued on Wednesday.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jan/26/poland-death-of-woman-refused-abortion
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This is going to happen here, perhaps sooner than we think. Probably in Texas.
mountain grammy
(26,571 posts)Especially before Roe.
Jilly_in_VA
(9,854 posts)But it will be happening again. Soon. If Gov. Hot Wheels and all his friends in the pro-forced birth movement have their way.
mountain grammy
(26,571 posts)ecstatic
(32,567 posts)Torchlight
(3,236 posts)When this begins to happen in the US (for-profit media wise) I can't imagine the anger and rage that will be the necessary consequent of these new laws being forced onto women.
Side note: The three GOP voters in my g/f's family (we're all in TX) have turned into Democratic voters the past nine months over this one issue.
Bev54
(9,963 posts)And every newspaper and politician in Texas and any other state thinking about banning abortions, with a note to say you have been notified of what can happen with your draconian laws. Threaten every politician that if the same happens in the US, all who voted for it will be made personally responsible for any deaths.
mountain grammy
(26,571 posts)5 are men who don't care and the only woman consults her husband who doesn't care.
But it should be sent to every female in America.