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Pregnant Woman in Tennessee Denied Care for Being Unmarried (wellsrachelm.substack.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by LassCalibur@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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Last night at a town hall in Jonesborough, Tennessee, a woman shared her story: she was denied prenatal care by her OB-GYN because the doctor objected to the fact that she isn’t married. She’s been with her partner for 15 years and has a 13-year-old son.

The doctor told her that because she was unwed, they didn’t feel comfortable treating her because it went against their “Christian values.”

Now, she’s traveling out of state to Virginia to receive prenatal care.

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[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And so the doctor should lose the license and be prosecuted.

[–] Steve@communick.news 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Which might leave an area without any doctor at all.

[–] blindsight@beehaw.org 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Good. Let them drown in their medical (edit: school) debt.

If there were consequences for refusing care, then fewer hateful bigots would apply, and more of the highly competitive spots in medical training programs would go to better prospective doctors.

There can be no tolerance for intolerance in a just society.

[–] Steve@communick.news 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

Who's drowning in medical debt? The patients that'll die on their 4+ hour drive to the nearest doctor, because you took away their bigot of a doctor without having a replacement? How many deaths would be acceptable sacrifices to get rid of one bigot? Seriously what would the number be?

Or do you mean medical school debt? I hope you mean medical school debt.

Obviously the least damaging option, would be keeping the bigot in place until someone else can step into the role.

[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

"there aren't enough doctors, so we should accept bigotry" is not a convincing argument. Too "whataboutism" for me.

You're not wrong that medical care scarcity is a real issue, but what if we just work to solve BOTH problems?

Edit; a letter, a word

[–] Steve@communick.news 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well yah. That's what I'm saying. You need to get a replacement, then get rid of the bigot. Solving both problems.

[–] Quexotic@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah that. Scarcity of care needs fixed too, then we can shitcan the bigots with rekless abandon! 💛

[–] blindsight@beehaw.org 2 points 6 days ago

I meant medical school debt, yeah. I forget medical debt is a thing, as a non-American.