This could have been me twice. Hemmorrhaging at three month pregnant twice. The horror of this is unbelievable. No baby found on ultrasound. We do die of hemorrhaging. Do you care about us? I now have two adult children because I received emergency help. I was lying in a pool of blood on the ultrasound table. I begged for help.
Idaho statute Title 18-622 section 2a states: "The following shall not be considered criminal abortions for purposes of subsection (1) of this section: The physician determined, in his good faith medical judgment and based on the facts known to the physician at the time, that the abortion was necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman...The physician performed or attempted to perform the abortion in the manner that, in his good faith medical judgment and based on the facts known to the physician at the time, provided the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive, unless, in his good faith medical judgment, termination of the pregnancy in that manner would have posed a greater risk of the death of the pregnant woman." - Unless I missed something in the story this woman did not leave the state to have an abortion.
The problem is that the doctors aren't the ones determining if they're legally allowed to perform an abortion, it's the court system now. So the law saying "if the doctor in good faith thinks that's the correct course of action," but the courts determine what counts as as "good faith actions" enough
Absolutely ludicrous! Idaho is very rural and very narrow at the top. Sometimes these rural hospitals will send the patient to the nearest tertiary care center (sometimes out of state depending on location) due to the case’s complexity NOT because of an abortion law. No dr in good standing would EVER airlift a patient because of an abortion law. They send elsewhere for a higher level of care or will perform it themselves. If a doctor does airlift a patient because of the”law”, they need to lose their license.
This could have been me twice. Hemmorrhaging at three month pregnant twice. The horror of this is unbelievable. No baby found on ultrasound. We do die of hemorrhaging. Do you care about us? I now have two adult children because I received emergency help. I was lying in a pool of blood on the ultrasound table. I begged for help.
Thank you ma’am for sharing your truth. ❤
Idaho statute Title 18-622 section 2a states: "The following shall not be considered criminal abortions for purposes of subsection (1) of this section: The physician determined, in his good faith medical judgment and based on the facts known to the physician at the time, that the abortion was necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman...The physician performed or attempted to perform the abortion in the manner that, in his good faith medical judgment and based on the facts known to the physician at the time, provided the best opportunity for the unborn child to survive, unless, in his good faith medical judgment, termination of the pregnancy in that manner would have posed a greater risk of the death of the pregnant woman." - Unless I missed something in the story this woman did not leave the state to have an abortion.
The problem is that the doctors aren't the ones determining if they're legally allowed to perform an abortion, it's the court system now. So the law saying "if the doctor in good faith thinks that's the correct course of action," but the courts determine what counts as as "good faith actions" enough
Absolutely ludicrous! Idaho is very rural and very narrow at the top. Sometimes these rural hospitals will send the patient to the nearest tertiary care center (sometimes out of state depending on location) due to the case’s complexity NOT because of an abortion law. No dr in good standing would EVER airlift a patient because of an abortion law. They send elsewhere for a higher level of care or will perform it themselves. If a doctor does airlift a patient because of the”law”, they need to lose their license.