Posted on Mar 1, 2022
Doctors' worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true
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In the days after the new Texas abortion law known as S.B. 8 took effect last September, Anna was planning her wedding to her fiancé, Scott. They'd set a date for this coming May — until Anna realized her period was almost two weeks late.
"I just remember laughing to myself because I was like, wow, for as responsible as I think I am all the time, I had no idea that I was pregnant — and that late," says Anna. NPR is only using her first name because of the sensitivity of her story.
Doctors in Texas have been warning that S.B. 8 would make it harder for them to treat medical crises and would endanger their patients. Six months in, many say those predictions are coming true.
"I don't want to be talking about this at all," says Anna, who lives in central Texas. "But it's important to share this story. Because somebody is going to die eventually."
The law bans most abortions as soon as any cardiac activity can be detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy, or about two weeks after a missed period. Most women don't know they're pregnant at that point.
In the days after the new Texas abortion law known as S.B. 8 took effect last September, Anna was planning her wedding to her fiancé, Scott. They'd set a date for this coming May — until Anna realized her period was almost two weeks late.
"I just remember laughing to myself because I was like, wow, for as responsible as I think I am all the time, I had no idea that I was pregnant — and that late," says Anna. NPR is only using her first name because of the sensitivity of her story.
Doctors in Texas have been warning that S.B. 8 would make it harder for them to treat medical crises and would endanger their patients. Six months in, many say those predictions are coming true.
"I don't want to be talking about this at all," says Anna, who lives in central Texas. "But it's important to share this story. Because somebody is going to die eventually."
The law bans most abortions as soon as any cardiac activity can be detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy, or about two weeks after a missed period. Most women don't know they're pregnant at that point.
Doctors' worst fears about the Texas abortion law are coming true
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The religious right has sacrificed their humanity and it will not be forgotten. We will continue to fight against this.
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SFC Bernard Walko - You disgust me as you push your morality onto women who were raped. Way to go! It is like the time I read a white man saying blacks do not face racism. You say nothing about any compassion for the women who were raped. You and your compadres just do not have a sense of humanity in this matter. You f@ckers make me sick.
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You play you pay simple as that. An abortion, why Anna. You had sex this is the result or use condoms
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