Pre-eclampsia

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is a multi-system disorder specific to pregnancy, characterized by the new onset of high blood pressure and often a significant amount of protein in the urine or by the new onset of high blood pressure along with significant end-organ damage

Со слов нанимателя жены. Где-то в районе 20 недели беременности его жене стало плохо. Очень плохо. Настолько, что поехали в больницу, где ей диагностировали эту преклампсию. Им сказали, что если не сделать срочный аборт, то не выживут ни она ни ребенок. Срок был такой, что ребенок вне утробы сам бы не выжил, но возможно (тут я не все детали знаю) больше, чем разрешается в нашем штате когда нет опасности для жизни матери. Но тут опасность еще как была так что сделали и она потом родила со второй и третьей попытки.

Теперь представим себе мир победившего трампизма и консервативных "ценностей", где им удалось пропихнуть федеральный запрет на аборты после, скажем, 12 недель и без исключений. И конец был бы этой женщине. И мужик этот был бы вдовцом, а не мужем и отцом двоих детей.

Хочется всем избирателям Трампа пожелать, чтобы такое случилось в их семьях, но это было бы несправделиво так что я не буду. Только проголосовавшим лично. Но, я надеюсь, до этого в обозримое время не дойдет.

Comments

[chuka-lis.livejournal.com]

All state abortion bans currently in effect contain exceptions to “prevent the death” or “preserve the life” of the pregnant person. As explained in further detail in the section below, these exceptions may create difficulties for physicians, as it is unclear how much risk of death or how close to death a pregnant patient may need to be for the exception to apply and the determination is not up to the physician treating the pregnant patient. (https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/a-review-of-exceptions-in-state-abortions-bans-implications-for-the-provision-of-abortion-services/)

Most states with bans that contain a health exception permit abortion care when there is a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function. These exceptions are limited by the lack of specific clinical definitions of the conditions qualifying for the exception. Only the Arizona 15-week LMP (last menstrual period) limit explicitly defines the bodily functions that may be considered “major.” The other states that use this language in their bans do not define what constitutes a “major bodily function,” nor what constitutes a “substantial impairment” to a major bodily function. This vague language puts physicians providing care to pregnant people in a difficult situation should their patients need an abortion to treat a condition jeopardizing their health and can leave the determination of whether an abortion can be legally provided to lawyers for the institution in which the clinician practices. For instance, in South Carolina where the 6-week LMP abortion limit has a health exception, the law lists a couple of conditions that may fall under this exception, such as severe pre-eclampsia and uterine rupture, but with no further detail. Using this language as guidance, it would be difficult for physicians to know if a significant health issue would fall under the exception. The difficulties presented by the simultaneous vagueness and narrowness of the exceptions are exacerbated by the lack of deference given to clinicians’ medical judgment under these bans.

However, even if the terms in the exceptions were defined more clearly, they would still exclude many health conditions pregnant people face. In Georgia, for example, providers challenging the ban note that the exceptions do not permit abortion care when it is needed to prevent: “(1) substantial but reversible physical impairment of a major bodily function, (2) less than ‘substantial’ but irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function, or (3) substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a bodily function that is not ‘major.’” A medical condition may still be a significant health event, yet not qualify under the exceptions, even if their limits were more clearly defined.