Thread by @FreeStateFort

🧵 Question Abt: Transplantation and Fetal Toxicity of Immunosuppressive Drugs in Pregnancy. 1/13 #Access #ProLife #prochoice #SCT #AbortionBan #healthcare

Q: What is the medical safety net for premenopausal women that are also transplant recipients who MUST take multiple immunosuppressive drugs? 2/13

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She can’t depend on the #pill to prevent an unwanted #pregnancy because of daily antibiotics. 3/13

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Many chronically ill women can’t use an #IUD, due to increased infection risk, chronic menstruation, inflammatory responses, or #access. 4/13

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#Condoms are not 100% reliable and who wants to use condoms in a monogamous relationship. 5/13
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Tubal ligation is surgery that comes w/ risks. PreTx she might be too sick to get medical clearance
for an elective procedure. Post Transplant getting tubal ligation might be too risky. #Essure is off the mrk. 6/13

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What if her male partner will not get a #vasectomy. 7/13

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B/C of the risks associated w/ #pregnancy many female transplant recipients must sign a medical agreement to:
8/13

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1) avoid pregnancy as it’s too risky to a post Tx Women’s health & to fetal development, and 2) double up on #contraceptives.
9/13

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What is the #medical safety-net if a female transplant recipient becomes pregnant & she decides the risk of pregnancy is too high?

10/13
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What is the time window for her & her doctors to determine if the #fetal development is negatively impacted by immunosuppressant drugs? 11/13 #Obstetrician #healthcare #ProLife #prochoice #access

Can a female transplant recipient safely go off of immunosuppressant drugs for 9 months? What if she does & later in the pregnancy becomes ill w/organ rejection & complications. 12/13
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I ask you again.

What is the medical safety-net for premenopausal women that have an unwanted or risky pregnancy - if #AbortionBan becomes the law? 13/13 END🧵

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