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[-] dragonflyteaparty@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago

Absolutely deplorable. I feel so terrible for those women. What an awful thing to go through. Even if a pregnancy goes well, it's still incredibly hard. It's also likely that the twin only lived because they selectively reduced the twin pregnancy in another state.

The argument against them is ridiculous. That it was really doctors who failed them? How? What's the logic in that? It's impossible to detect these birth defects before six weeks pregnant. We don't have the technology for it. But it's not fatal for the birth parent, so Texas doesn't care.

That their case should be dismissed because they had a "go fund me"? This one really gets me. How does a "go fund me" negate the actions of the state? Or is the logic really "they got money and they're only doing this for money?"

[-] braxy29@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

But it’s not fatal for the birth parent, so Texas doesn’t care.

even worse, even when it's fatal a lot of medical professionals are now afraid to act until something is IMMEDIATELY fatal in texas. you've got women suffering, waiting for a predictable medical disaster, hospitals telling them "come back when you're septic" and won't do anything before then.

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