Texas Bans the Safest, Most Common Abortion Procedure After 13 Weeks

[TexasTowelie]

In late 2015, Rachel Goldberg was giddily awaiting the birth of her first child. She daydreamed about her own Spring birthday, a celebration she'd be able to spend with her newborn baby boy. She had a room filled with tiny clothes and a new crib.

But 20 weeks in, Goldberg and her husband were hit with unexpected and sobering news at a routine ultrasound: her baby's heart wasn't functioning properly, and his organs were developing far too slowly. Something had gone terribly wrong.

Goldberg was referred to a perinatal specialist, who wasn't able to fit her into his schedule for two weeks. A week or two after her appointment, she was told her baby was missing a stomach and kidneys altogether. If she carried it to term, the baby would likely live a short, painful few minutes before dying — and her doctor guaranteed it would be a high-risk delivery for her. He said he understood if she wanted to terminate the pregnancy. But since the doctor couldn't affirm Goldberg's life was definitely in danger, it would be illegal for him — or anyone else in Missouri — to facilitate her abortion. That's because Missouri law prohibits women from getting an abortion after 21 weeks and 6 days from conception, except if the woman's life is threatened.

So Goldberg was faced with this decision: Drive 10 hours to a Colorado abortion clinic (where state law has no cutoff date for the procedure) and pay $10,000 (her insurance couldn't legally cover a non-life threatening abortion) or risk a dangerous delivery, after which she'd watch her baby suffer in pain and die.

Read more: http://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2017/06/05/texas-lawmakers-have-banned-the-safest-most-common-abortion-procedure-after-13-weeks

[shenmue]

1. Of course they would

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My heart breaks for these women...

And my anger at those idiot legislators and the Governor knows NO BOUNDS.

[TexasTowelie]

3. It is the equivalent to a condemnation of economic slavery

for many of these women. They cannot afford or may not have access to birth control and then when they become pregnant they are responsible for taking care of those children for 18 years or more.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Exactly.

And the bastard Republicans like it just that way.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. Jesus Fucking Christ.

What is wrong with them? Aside from having penises, not uteruses?

Oh, wait. That's exactly what's wrong with them.

[MFM008]

6. Good lord

What she went through.
WTFF is wrong with these dumb bastards?