I had a tubal pregnancy back in 1992 (I'm 56 now). It required emergency surgery which I would not have been able to have. Nine years later, I went on to have a healthy pregnancy because my reproductive organs were preserved and my rights were honored. Every woman deserves this.
you're right, it shouldn't but because it's the same procedure doctors are worried that they will not be believed that the baby is already dead or that they will be accused of claiming a baby is dead that is alive, so even in states that have an exception to the ban, they don't want to use the exception. The only way to protect against this is to not have bans at all.
100% correct @@Rosaedora these people believe "after birth abortions are common practice, when we can't find it happening anywhere. They make up whatever they want to punish anyone who would give women a choice.
I think you still think you're dealing with reasonable, informed, and compassionate people who, literally, have power of life and death through legislation. May I assure you, you are not.
I didn't know I was pregnant until pain and cramping drove me into the shower for heat therapy. In the shower, I miscarried. I had to remove the fetus from the drain, preserve the tissue, and go to a hospital alone. The ER doctor told me I needed a D&C to ensure I wouldn't get sepsis. I recovered at home and went on to have a healthy baby boy.
Same ones who were Burnie or bust. Same ones who couldn't vote for Hillary, knowing Supreme Court seats was involved are feeling, cutting off your nose to spite the face are feeling it the most. Voting has consequences and WE WARNED YOU ⚠️ THAT YOUR LIFE AND DEMOCRACY WAS ON THE LINE! Know we are in survival mode to keep it from being a dictatorship! Thank you! 😠
My niece had a tubular pregnancy that had to be removed. Luckily she went on to have 2 children with only one Fallopian tube left. Had this happened with the present ban in some states, she would have died the first time and not had the 2 beautiful children later. Worried about the children?? I don't think so.
So this woman was already having to process the LOSS of her child while then supposed to wait another two weeks for life-saving medical intervention!?! That's cruel. So much for the oath "first do no harm".
I studied political science and never ever did any of my professors say it was okay to become an unethical politician. I get so upset when people talk negatively about PolSci majors going into a career. 😢 We wanted to save people not crush them.
Come on, Ladies! Lets vote in very large numbers so we can reverse the damage Maga has done to women and our country. Vote blue up and down the ballot. We are women-hear us roar!!!!!!
@@SpaceBethC131 the next question we have for you is why are you trolling? There are really only 4 options. 1) You are so unhappy with your life you've decided to distract yourself by spreading the misery online among strangers ( a really cowardly act). 2) You have mental issues. 3) You're getting paid to do this (probably by foreign agencies) 4) Someone has convinced you to thoroughly intertwine your identity with whatever media bubble you are currently parroting the language of, effectively getting you to donate your labor that you could be getting paid for to graduate to option (3), but failing to realize that it's a scam and so will continue to be broke. This works out, because it's easier to keep you convinced of the narrative that way. Which of these (or is it more than one of these) fits you? Seriously I cannot think of any other explanation... can you? Imagine having almost a complete deficit of values, morals, ethics, intelligence and self awareness that you belong to the degenerate MAGA cult and worship its degenerate, incompetent and criminal leaders. The rejects of the MAGA cult represent the absolute worst of America. You realize making a comment only helps this channel, yes?
They won't give heart medication to a 67 year old woman...because she could give it to her friend's granddaughter to abort. Of course any man can get the drugs.... because we cannot probably limit the health options for men... men are real people... Men are better than embryos. Embryos are better than women. That's the pro life motto
A miscarriage or stillbirth is devastating enough without the potential horror of legal prosecution by a religious government. Blood poisoning aside, just being pregnant is a real risk in of itself.
Yes, it is on its own. Now add in ignorant and malevolent legislators with an agenda of control, then it becomes a widespread health liability. If you're a Black woman, the chances of pregnancy and childbirth becoming even more of a high maternal morbidity or mortality risk than usual is genuinely frightening.
It's not a matter of religion. It's a matter of morals. Is it truly moral to allow people to force a human being into existence to then just kill that human being due to irresponsible actions? Over 400,000 dead babies a year is way too many. All due to irresponsible actions of the parents. That's not fair, and I fail to see how it should be morally acceptable. No one should lose the right to live unless their existence is life-threatening to others. That should be the only reason. And no one should have the right to act as a God, to create and destroy life as they please.
@@youtubecommentator6023 It's still a matter of religion, it is only religion (or rather a politics of control pushing through religion) that makes you equate a fetus to full human being. Biologically these are not babies yet. They could certainly become babies, and the expectation can mean the world to people, but they aren't babies yet. Now you can argue that potential worth is worth too, but then you'd have to deal with the same collective responsibility for the potential of actual born human beings as you seem to think is warranted here. But that idea is decidedly unpopular. In effect, the whole moral outrage of "400.000" dead babies is based on a false premise. This fabricated outrage is used to fuel pushing changes in law that serve no goals of morality, but only those of control and power. We know it only increases suffering.
This is also why free healthcare for all should be implemented in the US. Come on guys, you're the richest country on earth and you can't provide your citizens with healthcare?
@@p1randymarsh618actually my bad I just checked, but still the 7th richest country, but definitely the richest if you consider it's size and population
I have stories just in my family. I have a family member that lost two babies and during this second loss she was unable to get the method Bristol because we live in Kentucky, and the laws were changing at midnight on that same day. The stores had already decided that pharmacies would not sell them because law was going to take affect at 12:01. It was a nightmare, but I got the medicine. Thank God a year later she had a healthy baby girl, had this happen to her now I would have to drive her across state lines and I’ve already made contact with Planned Parenthood to assist us with us in the future. I also have another family member that is high-risk we have already made plans with Planned Parenthood should something God forbid happen. We have to leave the state, this is unbelievable. I mean I watch the handmaid’s tale. It was a story ladies this is real life I’m 60 years old. Unbelievable. We all have to vote to save each other Vote and Vote Blue!!!
Thank you for putting a face and experience of this awful circumstance. My heart goes out to you and anyone else facing such a terrible situation. I don't live in the US but I have empathy for all those there that have had their in my view "humane right" to medical care. It is my view that all "advanced economies and societies" should provide free and easy to access healthcare without restriction. I'm personally happy to pay my share of taxes in part for this and I know many others are also, thats what being civilised really is in my view. Doing something that will help people you will never meet for no personal gain. We all have bad times when we need help and I personally want to live in a society and community where that helps will be there. Thank you again, I hope you are getting supported in dealing with the mental health impacts of what you had to go through, for what it's worth this human wishes you well, you will never walk alone.
I don't have any real stories because I'm not a woman, but even I know that we have to protect bodily autonomy. I was raised conservative/-religious. It took me a long time to realize the harm that the pro-life movement inflicts on millions of people daily.
My wife would have died 4 separate times from unviable pregnancies that were treated with D and Cs. One ectopic pregnancy, one partial miscarriage, one “chemical pregnancy” and one stillbirth that we didn’t even know that we were pregnant for because it was originally twins and when one miscarried it looked like a period. Our stillbirth came after the safe period and would have required a burial a couple of weeks further along. Sepsis is a ridiculously dangerous thing and my wife had it twice after our pregnancy chances went away and died at 50 in her sleep as even though she survived the infection, the damage wrecked the rest of her health .
Ohhhh, I'm so sorry for your losses 😔 🫂 There are some awful stories on here, but I fear it is preaching to the wrong crowd. These need to be put on Truth Social or Fox News. Sending love, and HOPE, from Scotland, uk 🏴🇬🇧🌍🤝🇺🇸🌍
My first pregnancy ended in a missed miscarriage. I went in expecting to hear the fetal heartbeat, and instead was told the fetus had died. This was 43 years ago, so I was at 16 weeks. I was scheduled for a D&C, and everything went smoothly. I had a healthy baby girl several years later. If this had happened right now, it would have been a banned procedure in many states - never mind that the baby was DEAD - and I shudder to think how badly it could have gone.
@@monicavandeventer5429 "equally important" you mean equally unimportant. Lmao how naive do u have to be to think that your brand of politician cares about life, unborn or otherwise?
Im a 68 yr old woman from the 70s im disgusted at these people are sending us back to thst time...i had two horrific pregnancies one ectopic which burst & almost killed me...2nd one in 4th month had to deliver in peices painful physically & mentally in a room by myself no help. Just because i has no children but i had health issues they put me through hell...i had to find a dr who would do a hysterectomy because i had severe endometriosis... sickly for yrs...we didn't have many choices you should today...we have to stop this barbaric action it will kill more women & babies. 🤬😵💫
It has absolutely nothing to do with Right to Life. Its all about power and control. I remember my Mom telling me she had 3 miscarriages. Also a Son who only lived for 24 hours. She wasn't allowed to even hold him. Hospital policy at that time. She was an amazing Mom.
I don’t like Biden, but I have to vote him because Trump is the only other option. Taking away reproductive rights, claiming everyone wanted to get rid of Roe v Wade, when that wasn’t the case at all… & his weird January 6th Behavior and him just refusing to leave office all together.
Thank you for your considered vote. 💐 It's much the same all over the world, including here in the uk. No president, prime minister or party is perfect for everyone. Very often we need to vote strategically. Thankfully, living in democratic countries, we know that when it's voting time, we are allowed to vote for a different party if we want to! Nobody in their right mind would vote for trump! He's a monster!
What is it with the misinformation ? Never refused to leave office, never caused an incitement, as for Roe v Wade, the only way to have kept it would have been to write it into the constitution, never done. To blame Trump, just proves how many believe mainstream media.
This fall, I'm voting against Project 2025. I'm annoyed that I have to vote for Biden to do that, but a crisis of these proportions is hardly the time to take a stand on principle, trying to teach the DNC the same lesson it hasn't learned in the last 50 years worth of elections. The stakes are too high.
My first two pregnancies ended in missed abortions meaning the baby died but was still in my body. Both times I had to have a D&C. This was in 1988. I went on to have 3 healthy sons who are wonderful grown men. I can’t imagine what my life would have been like if I had been unable to have kids because I couldn’t obtain medical care because the government denied my right to care.
The year I turned forty, one of my periods was weird. It did the full week of what I consider usual. Afterwards I was still lightly bleeding. I kept lightly bleeding for a few more weeks (it was light enough it would have been considered spotting.) I went to a woman’s clinic to find out I was spotting and it was due to my ovaries having less than one millimeter sized cysts on them. (10 on the left 3 on the right.) I talked to the clinic and decided to go the route of tubal ligation so that I didn’t have to add the worry about becoming pregnant. I had my two kids, so all was good. The clinic helped me get the appointments set up. They had to let me know I had to wait (according to the law) for one month before making an appointment for the tubal ligation. Didn’t stop them from helping with everything else, which I appreciate to this day. The doctor tried so hard to get the new tubal ligation procedure, called Essure. Go look that nightmare up. I stuck to my guns and went with the proper tubal ligation. I made sure everything was signed up by him and myself into agreement for the proper procedure. On the day of the surgery, I showed up at the hospital, with paperwork and signed documents in hand. After having such a hard time getting a ride to the hospital (five tries and the fifth one got me my ride. I was having people cancel very last minute on me.) I was not going to take chances. As I waited, the nurses came in and checked me out for the procedure and we started going through the explanation of what I was to go through. Only they were talking about a procedure I was not familiar with. I asked them what procedure were they talking about because I didn’t recall signing up for what they were describing. They asked to see my paperwork and I showed them, making sure that paperwork didn’t disappear. They looked it over, looked over the paperwork they had been looking at, and asked which procedure did I fully sign for, and I showed them my signature on the paperwork I came with. They looked at it and then told me that I was signed, by the doctor to get the Essure procedure. I explained that I signed for the tubal ligation and understood and wanted the tubal ligation. They understood, and told me they have my back and I will get the procedure I signed for. Those nurses had my back the entire time. That doctor I never saw again. I believe he got into trouble. I went to the clinic for my check ups afterwards. They declared me good. I am happy I got help from all of those ladies the whole time. What sucks was the fact years before I had a great male gynecologist, who retired five years before I turned forty.
What a brave young woman. No politician should be able to tell anyone what they can do with their own body. I lost a pregnancy in 1999: I was sent to the OR immediately from the ER for a medically necessary D&C and got the care I needed to prevent becoming septic. I've been an RN for > 30 years and it makes me weep knowing the kind of care my fellow sisters in the US can expect in some states in this country. The madmen are running the asylum apparently now and they don't have a lick of sense.
We agree with you. We all support you in these tough times that you are going through. And yes, reproductive health is a personal matter and govts cannot take away this right from people.
My heart goes out to you on the loss of your pregnancy as well as the difficulties in getting the appropriate healthcare you needed to physically recover. I’m sure your emotional journey continues. Thank you for sharing your story.
Who do you want to make your healthcare and reproductive decisions? You expect to do so yourself, right? Well, so does everyone else. A big problem with the anti choice view is thinking that preventing others from making their own decisions doesn't mean that you wont be able to make your own decisions. Pro choice protects the right to decide for ourselves for all of us.
I'm a Brit, in the uk. In the US, if you decide to vote for a different party, do you have to change your registration for that party ahead of the election?
@Mortthemoose you can be a part of an existing party or undecided and vite for who you decided. No need to change or choose who to be with. Sadly no better choices.
A friend got pregnant at age 14 (before she was taught the facts of life.) Her church brokered a deal where her family paid a church member $10,000 to get her married. After she was married, her husband pimped her out to his friends.
Ladies are not the only ones who can become pregnant. You could choose to use the term “birthing people” if you were more respectful and inclusive. Quit making this just about those who identify as women! Disgusting 😡
People hate to admit that about 1 out of 4 women have miscarriages. Even when they’re TRYING to have a baby. Imagine trying to have a baby and it not working out and for it to be life threatening and they essentially blame you for being a victim of circumstance. They’re not pro-life. Or else they’d be all for saving women’s lives
I can't believe this is really happening right now over there in America. My sister was 9 weeks along when they had a routine check up and found that the baby stopped developing anymore for 2 weeks. It was a shock and I am afraid, she never really allowed herself to deal with it. She kept speaking about it, as if it wasn't horrible. However it was the most normal medical procedure there can be. Her OB gyn found the baby to be dead and after a talk, he send her to the nearest hospital. There they did another ultrasound to confirm and booked her for 2 days later. They explained the procedure ahead of the appointment and kept her for a few hours to be sure, there were no complications. I remember her telling me, she had to take 2 pills so that the body would restart so to speak. And that was it. They were all pretty nice there and the baby's father was with her of course. And so... her emotions were everything she needed to care about. Like it is supposed to be! You can't tell me that suddenly we should go back to living like 500 years ago?! Were every second baby that was born just died and every mother that happened to have a pregnancy complication just died. For what reason?! Why should we go backwards? Just cos some politician thinks they can get power by pushing for anything? That anything happens to be reproductive health care? It's insane! Absolutely insane. I can only hope for more texan people to wake up and end this before it's spreading. And not that I didn't before...but after now knowing about this going nationwide...I can't wait to see a female president winning the election. Actually I can't believe that this couple that went viral...that was already 4 weeks ago and still some people doesn't hear that wake-up call. I mean... Excuse me?! All nurses do all day is trying to prevent sepsis. And with almost all hospital procedures sepsis is a possibility if something goes wrong. If plastic surgery patients of 24 years young die....what do they die of? Sepsis! And now there is a law that is supposed to stand in the way of the hippocratic oath? To prevent harm etc etc. How did this law even pass????? It's criminal and literally illegal!
I’d like to know how many “no exceptions” pro-life Christian women have been denied a d&c after a miscarriage and become septic? Or how many had other life threatening, or fertility threatening conditions for which a d&c became necessary? I just don’t get it - there is no heartbeat and no viable pregnancy and you still can’t get care?!? This abject cruelty. Vote blue up and down the ticket. 🙏🏻💙🇺🇸
Pro-choice all the way. Something the anti-choice group constantly fails to understand is that they don't need to get the procedure if they don't want to. IT'S ABOUT CHOICE.
@@tammyrhemann2167 She indeed CHOSE to give me life because she was allowed to CHOOSE. Don't pretend like you actually care about the fetuses. As soon as they are born, you'll abandon them all the same and vote for laws that make their lives worse.
[Apologies for the length!!!] Over the course of 10 + years in my long ago youth, I got pregnant 3 different times, each while using contraception correctly. I also had two miscarriages in the same time frame, again despite using contraception. Each of these five pregnancies was traumatic in its own way. At the end of those years, my now husband and I conceived our wonderful, talented son, who is now 34. We would *never* have had him if we had continued any of the other pregnancies. Of course I think about those other fetuses and who they might have become. Of course I grieved them, and sometimes I still do. But I remind myself that I could not have given them what they needed and deserved, and my choices made my current adult son’s life possible. Nothing is as simple as the ones who hate us and our autonomy make it out to be. Let us make our own decisions, in all their individual complexity. ❤
I had 2 miscarriages (pretty sure it was my thyroids fault since once I got that under control I went on to have 2 healthy babies). The first one was bad! I had no idea I was pregnant and started bleeding heavily with huge clots. My OBGYN suggested a DNC. I wanted to try and pass it naturally as I’m not a big fan of medical procedures. She agreed we could give it a try and wrote me a script for mifepristone. It was painful but it worked. I’m so thankful I was able to get the care I needed and have a say in it (obviously I would have gotten a DNC if the drug didn’t clear everything out).
YOUNG VOTERS: This is why you cannot waste your vote by not voting or voting third party!!! There is so much on the table right now. Look up Project 2025- if you want to preserve healthcare in this country, if you ever want the chance to change the way we do insurance and pricing.. YOU NEED TO VOTE BLUE! Preserve our flawed democracy long enough to fix it!
The best thing everyone can do now is vote. Vote for every child or woman who will need reproductive health care in the future. These bans are not about protecting the life of a fetus, they are about hurting and subjagating women.
This affects men equally. How many men are responsible for paying child support through high school for children they have made? Why aren’t they in the fight?
@@truthache8560 Who/what is legacy media? I would say diaper don you're talking about msm. Faux fx, unnewsmax, oan, bannon, jones, etc are still lying and covering for diaper don! If you support the magat movement in anyway, you've been taken in by the con, and are part of the cult. You've proven my point, you're the mark.
@@truthache8560I will vote for a corpse over Trump. A vote for a president is also his cabinet, generals, administration, appointments, nominations etc.
I have tremendous sympathy for women and the BS they are dealing with. However at the same time I cannot for the life of me understand why the vast majority of women of voting are not voting out the GOP. Poles suggest it's only a fraction of eligible women voters that will vote against the Republican politicians. It doesn't just affect women but men also. I would expect a massive public demonstration at this point from we womens groups. Baffling.
Jesus Wept. I held My wifes hand through two miscarriage clean outs. I wouldn't wish any aspect of that on My worst enemy, including mango muss! For Yourself, We did eventually produce a perfect Daughter due to timely expert intervention! Be Well! 👍❤️🏴!
I haven’t heard of lawmakers outlawing D&Cs (dilation and curettage) which is the procedure to remove a deceased baby from the womb, but I could be wrong, maybe they are trying to ban that, which I think would be wrong 😢
Unfortunately, there are a lot of US citizens that are content on being ignorant on the issue or issues. They only care about religion aspect as thought that gives them morals. I laugh inside when I hear an anti-abortionist say “all life is precious.” 😂
Why reproductive rights are important: If they can take a person's rights to medical autonomy, they can take any other right away. This isn't an accidental side effect. Cruelty is the goal.
Obstetrician (a specialty doctor that treats women during pregnancy) Normally a double specialty.....OB/GYN Gynecologist, a specialist in the female reproductive system.
Agreed. Sadly, I can’t but I know I can easily not vote in republicans. My ballot will be majority unaffiliated politicians. I know that there will be a pro choice democrat on my ballot though.
