‘She Was About To Die’: Justice Sotomayor Details Real Abortion Hypotheticals To Idaho Lawyer 

The issue is that politicians are practicing medicine without a license and it should stop NOW!

I had a dear friend, she and her husband tried to get pregnant for 7 years. It just didn’t happen and then it did. We were all overjoyed for them. They decorated the nursery, bought stuff. Then, at her six month check up, the doctor said that her uterus was too big. They did tests. The fetus lacked brain, lungs and kidneys. The lack of kidneys meant it could not process the amniotic fluid, which was growing to the point of rupturing her uterus. The right to life kooks had recently blown up our Planned Parenthood clinic. The local doctors were afraid to do anything. So she was sent to Dr. Tiller in Kansas. He performed an intact d and x, more commonly referred to as a partial birth abortion. The fetus was anesthetized. The huge head was pierced allowing the accumulated excess fluid to escape and the fetus was delivered, saving her uterus and possibly her life. Thank God for Roe v Wade and damn the Republicans for repealing it.

Sotomayor rightly highlights that the doctor is taking on a lot with their medical judgements. Now doctors are not just considering the health and welfare of the woman, but their own legal exposure.

Fact is, Idaho women are in a position to not even have good prenatal care at this point due to OB/GYNs leaving the state…this is true for several states.

No woman should have to wait period

Ectopic pregnancies happen quick. There is no time for mucking about. No other option- a emergency abortion within days of 1st notice of pain.

Personal religious beliefs are being forced on women in MEDICAL CRICIS.

Yes or no means just that. A pregnant woman like the ones in these situations is not interested in prevarications, for her it is "yes" we will perform the procedure and save your life as well as save you from far greater danger and pain, terror, and complications (sepsis, hysterectomy.) or "No" - go home and hope you do not bleed to death when the time comes. Man up and answer the question - because women's lives are on the line.

I can’t believe we are having conversations like this in 2024. It’s mind numbing really…..

Save the mother.

This was so simple then. The SC should NEVER have reversed RvW.

Go Justice Sotomayor! ❤

Men don’t have any knowledge how a woman feels when she’s pregnant! How dare they! But if it happened to the females in their family they WOULD get help for them! And where did they get their medical license? Vote blue so we can get our rights back! This is NOT the 1800 s!!💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

This is sick so so sick!!!!! What woman deserves to go through that!!?????

How can a doctor prove in court that he or she has a "good faith belief"? And, more to the point, why should they have to?

Perhaps she wouldn't die but she could lose her ability to have another child.

can you imagine having such a crisis of conscience? to defend silly laws based on religion, they have to go against their conscience and common sense. youjhave to do mental gymnastics to even wrap your head around this lack of common sense. fun fact, a fetus, is part of a womans body until it disconnects and comes out and breaths on its own, until that time, it has no 'legal' personhood in my view, because it is in fact part of her body. if this body part, becomes a risk to her life, like some other failed organs, [ appendix and gall bladder] it can be removed.... I cant believe the short sightedness of the GOP to attack a 50 yr old abortion right, that everyone was ok with. we have bigger problems.

A persons health is up to there doctors and the person and only should make the advice not a politician.

Government should stay out of the doctors office...

A lot of people are dunking on Sotomayor on her phrasing of hypothetical but I think what she meant by hypothetical that was true, is it actually happened in Florida but hasn't happened in Idaho. So the hypothetical was imagine what actually happened in Florida happened in Idaho, then what would follow? So she can say hypothetical. She just didn't phrase it that well.

He should’ve responded with an answer in the affirmative (abortion would be allowed), and THEN thrown in the caveat. You try to start your answer wth ambiguous legal caveats and she’s gonna eat your lunch.

It is just incredible to me that a Supreme Court Justice tells you to answer a question ‘yes’ or ‘no’ and you have the balls to ignore her and give the answer you want. I’m definitely not cut out to be a lawyer…

BALANCE THE SUPREME COURT: 13 circuits = 13 SC Justices make america SANE again

Dogs are making healthcare decisions for cats…. 🤬

O dont understand the judge, does Idaho have the right to kill a sick, pregnant woman?

Major fail by the attorney. He got owned.

I love her for not taking his bs answers. She’s demanding yes or no.. She’s really holding him to the fire and hearing Barrett jumping in on him as well was pretty awesome. I do think ID is gonna lose this. Even Robert’s didn’t want Roe overturned.

These lawmakers (men) are insensitive, and unwilling to do anything unless the woman dies. I question the humanity of America, and Americans.

I agree with Sotomyers stance of requiring a “yes” or “no” answer from the lawyer. Because that is the choice that a doctor has to make: yes or no. No prevaricarion, no weaseling words. Just yes or no. That is the choice that doctors and patients have to make every day. And if a politician or lawyer can’t give a yes or now answer, then they have no business writing laws that impact medical decision making.

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That Stephen Miller ad that got appended to my viewing of this video is something else. He's all tight-jawed and strict about foreign terrorists who hate our country and want to attack it. I am much more worried about people like Stephen Miller who hate our country and want to attack it from within, reshaping democracy into autocracy.

Women in similar situations who are refused medical care and end up losing their fertility or suffering other life and health altering conditions should sue the doctors and hospitals for their negligence. No wonder the birth rate is decreasing. With 1 in 4 known pregnancies ending in miscarriage (according to the National Library of Medicine) and doctors fearful of treating women having a miscarriage, who would risk a pregnancy?

what if the doctor believes "pray REALLY hard" means death isn't imminent? (follow up to fundies: do you think HARDER PRAYER would have made that woman alive now?)

The government has no right to govern wether a person has the right to a abortion

The argument is not whether a woman have the right to terminate a pregnancy, but whether dose the government have the right to force woman to have babies to increase the government tax base revenues and military recruitment allocations.

This is so dystopian. What is happening? The pro-life party isn’t so pro-life & it’s disgusting.

If it was real, it’s not a hypothetical.

He was saying that, unless the mother will die, no abortion. That's bull.

Politicians need to leave medicine out of politics.

I'm from Idaho and i don't approve of Idaho's message

Corporations are people ☠️women are not here in the Divided States of America

Go Sonya!

How devastating for women.

Barrett at the very end slowly realizing that her teammates will lie to her to get what they want 😂

Define in good faith for me. Do all doctors come to the same conclusion with good faith? What happens when two or more doctors disagree in good faith? These questions need to be answered if people could be prosecuted in these laws. If I were on the court, I would say these gray areas are very concerning, and they either need to be dropped or fine turned like a razor blade.

How many of the Supreme Court nominees answer all the questions they have been asked during their confirmation hearing?

If it doesn't work, it doesn't work. He's saying the doctors should be confident in making decisions under the law, but they are not. Who are you to say what a trained doctor should think and feel? Accept it, and go back to the drawing board.

Nobody wants this. There are 8 billion people on the planet. Up from 7 billion in 2013. We are growing uncontrollably. If someone doesn’t want to bring someone into this world for any reason, then one could argue it’s more humane not to.

And this is why young men are having vasectomies, why young women are going through having their tubes tied without children first or not be involved in relationships but prefer to live alone and free. Most of these young adults are going through the challenges of a shrinking middle class, cost of living is beyond the basics even with a reasonable income let alone one parent staying home for family support and some are saddled with student loan debt that is like a mortgage compared to 30 plus years ago so it takes decades to save money and good credit to buy a home. They don’t have many options to support a family like it was in the past 40 years ago and be comfortable living the American dream. Like the one child policy in China when government tries to get involved in reproductive rights they now have a declining population of younger people while having a growing older population that can’t support them like Japan struggling with their birth rates too this will be the downfall of most governments eventually if they don’t start focusing on supporting younger generations. My teenage daughter doesn’t want children and she is planning to have a procedure done to keep it that way in her 20s so she doesn’t have to worry about problems in general. She has concerns about if she could support and protect any children she could have as well as the huge concerns about climate changes that makes it harder to survive in the future. I support her decisions because it’s her life and I have no right in forcing anything on her even though I wish for grandchildren I respect her concerns and decisions. The more government overreaches the more the younger generations will go to the extremes to avoid control, protect themselves and mistreatment.

Give Drs qualified immunity on this issue then

Pregnancy is a private matter. Not everyone's business or responsibility or commitments, but that woman's right as a female. If you go back in time to the turn of the century from the 18 hundreds to the 19th century, you will learn about, the rise of the AMA, the fall of the midwives, you will learn how abortion fighting started, and grew. Women must HAVE rights over their bodies. Women have had these rights for thousands of years, mostly in secret, but we've owned them. It's because of strangers and the government getting into the faces and lives of women that crimes against women are so high and deadly. Anyone who thinks differently needs to just get over themselves. Strangers will not tell this female how or when I can have sex, or be pregnant or anything else having to do with my body and my basic human rights. It is none of your business. I'm saying this to everyone including the government.

HOW on EARTH did it get to THIS?! 'Debating' COMMON SENSE life or death matters!

Politicians practicing medicine and making women and their partners and family utterly miserable.

How are you planning on keeping doctors Idaho? Your OB/GYN’s and ER docs are going to flee like their a**es are on fire & their hair is catching. Fact is, these doctors are subject to CRIMINAL liability simply caring for patients. That’s an incredible ask. In their shoes, I’d be wondering what if? A prosecutor disagrees with their decision, has an ax to grind, wants to put their name in headlines, etc etc. yes that’s a cynical view of prosecutors but not unheard of. Or DA’s.

really wish republicans would stop trying to play doctor because they get angry and emotional, and start to actually listen to medical professionals. These incompetent politicians trying to remove LGBT and Women's rights are literally effectively toying with people's lives. It isn't right.

Have you EVER encountered a genuinely pro-life conservative? Neither have I.

best judge i know is GOD let the woman and GOD make this judgement

Did someone say that the particular law they are discussing doesn’t protect abortion needs do to complications because that law doesn’t mention abortion, was wondering, what diseases etc. does the law mention that can be treated.

Please vote blue for the pregnant people of Idaho 💙💙💙

Abortion is elective the procedure shes describing is not selective its a medical emergency there is a difference

The DOCTORS were wrong.

Women has a right over their bodies. And, a fetus is not a person. ♥️🇸🇪

This is BS. The medical care of a woman is between her and her doctor. No third parties involved. Except of course the insurance company who has to pay for it. Otherwise it's between the two people., only.

Somewhere along the line one need to ask what happened to the intestinal fortitude of the doctors who are scared for their license and liberty?

"Real hypothetical "😅😅😅

What is a tri-semester?

Abortions due to not wanting the baby vs. medical necessity are 2 different things.

Trisemester? I think it’s trimester….boy sounds like a Congresswoman…..answer YES or NO

Real hypotheticals? No such thing

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Hypothetical is Theory it doesn't mean it's proven true yet

Tri semester!

How is a hypothetical real? Great reporting there Forbes.

'Real hypotheticals....' lol

Will she shut up and let him answer!? She keeps interrupting him and changing the Dynamics of the question even before he can answer what she previously asked.

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I have a hard time believing that the actual magazine, Forbes, really has anything to do with this channel. The title says "...Real Abortion Hypotheticals...". Who the heck is uploading and titling these videos? There is no such thing as a "real hypothetical". It's an oxymoron. DUH!!

Weird how she asks questions and then cuts him off one word into every answer

“Can I FINISH? CanIfinish canIfinish canIfinish?” -Dana Carvey (as H. Ross Perot), SNL She doesn’t seemed concerned with actually knowing the gentleman’s answer. She’s just trying to inflate the validity of the ruling she’s already made in her mind by torpedoing the credibility of the respondent. A crafty politician wearing a judge’s robe, she is.

I can’t believe we’re still debating this. FFS VOTE BIDEN BLUE💙💙💙

Why aren't we bringing a CLASS ACTION suit against the United States for PRACTICING MEDICINE WITHOUT A LICENSE??? THIS IS FUCKING INSANE❗❗❗ 🔥🇺🇸🔥⚖️🔥♂️🔥

Maybe the Justice can let him answer the question, instead of setting up for failure, like a California education.

OMG please let him answer the question

I have a “ps” to my last comment…. Let the first true male experience periods… birth…. Menopause… please stand up and relate…I’ll buy you a drink and we shall celebrate the event. On me,,,,,

Ever tell the story about real unborn babies being pulled apart (murdered) in the womb? That’s a harrowing one too, but one you will never tell.

She wasn't even interested in hearing the answer to her own questions

Typical dem fires off a complicated question and refuses to allow the attorney to answer and then goes to another complicated question, interrupting the attorney in med sentence. These were not straightforward yes or no questions but rather hypothetical questions requiring more than yes or no. That's an old lawyer trick she probably learned in law school.

Sodomyork isn't letting him answer. She wants absolute ban on any regulations or Kazmir on abortion.

There are too many valid, prudent, and serious reasons why humans must all have a right to govern their own bodies and medical decisions without restrictions. Women should have the right to choose to terminate a pregnancy up until viability. That being said - she really said "trisemester?"

In states that have voted for abortion. Put on the ballot that state representatives have to go out of state for health care. They have to pay for it themselves. Hell, a 3 hour drive out of Arizona for an emergency is no problem.

The % of abortions to save baby or mommy's life is tiny compared to abortions for inconvenient pregnancies.

That was a hypothetical that according to Prenatal Doctors doesn't exist.

A hypothetical is not real by its definition

Why do the fathers never have a say about the fetus that's being aborted? Its half of him.

If the cases described by the judge are true they aren’t hypothetical the are anecdotal, I think this case is more about poor medical decisions rather than any law.

Sotomeyor has her mind made up and has no interest in hearing his take, even when asking him direct questions. She just wants to hear herself talk.

I guess the "wise Hispanic woman" can only get 1 out of 3. Hispanic is a truth, wise and woman are, of course, questionable...

I remember her anti white racist remarks.

She is a Supreme Court Justice, so she is a master of the "word salad". She was actively forcing him to give the answer she wanted! He should have stopped playing her game and changed the dynamics!

The only men who should have a say in this is the Dr. and spouse of the woman stuck making such life changing decision.