I recently heard the term "weaponizing ignorance" - great descriptor.
Currently, all the media inquiries I'm getting are geared towards "explaining ALL the ways in which abortion is necessary to save life and health" of pregnant persons
coupled with ...
Currently, all the media inquiries I'm getting are geared towards "explaining ALL the ways in which abortion is necessary to save life and health" of pregnant persons
coupled with ...
... "if legislators wanted to create a ban that affords flexibility to care for patients what would that look like?"
These questions rely on false premises.
First - there is IMO no ethical way to "create a ban" to a fundamental liberty interest and to fundamental healthcare.
These questions rely on false premises.
First - there is IMO no ethical way to "create a ban" to a fundamental liberty interest and to fundamental healthcare.
Next - to explain all the ways that #AbortionIsHealthcare I would have to teach you obstetrics. I'm not trying to be evasive when I say that. There are very sincerely 1000s of reasons we may need to perform an abortion for the health of a patient...
Frequently, these situations are difficult to manage medically and emotionally burdensome to the patient but also to family and healthcare teams involved. To add the impediment of discussing these cases with legal and worry over civil and criminal liability is unconscionable.
Restrictive laws provide little to no protection for necessary healthcare - as I've explained in multiple forums.
To frame the questions as media is doing relies on the false premise that a statute could encompass all the complexity of practicing safe obstetrics ...
To frame the questions as media is doing relies on the false premise that a statute could encompass all the complexity of practicing safe obstetrics ...
...- which includes abortion - in a meaningful way. That is not possible. In the same way that legislating the practice of any medical discipline to this level of granularity would not be possible - but notably is only attempted in obstetrics...
I sincerely hope to engage with anyone who has an interest in this topic. But we must start from the premise that restrictions of abortion cause morbidity and death. This is well studied, well established fact. In that context, any ban will be unethical...
... any series of questions seeking to get at what a ban needs to exempt is not an ethical discussion or an appropriate topic for responsible journalism.
I reiterate #AbortionIsHealthcare #AbortionRightsAreHumanRights
I reiterate #AbortionIsHealthcare #AbortionRightsAreHumanRights
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