Let’s see, woman had a lawful abortion in another state.
She had a “rare” complication, I am assuming after she returned home.
Going by the article posted by Big girl, the GA law allows abortions (quoting the article) “only applied to imminent and acute life-threatening emergencies and did not extend to chronic health conditions, even those that can become lethal in pregnancy”.
Okay, is a rare complication that may cause death is considered “chronic health condition”? I was c reading the federal National Institutes of Health website and it mentioned diseases or conditions that last over three months such as emphysema, heart, disease, cancer, etc.
Perhaps this doctor mistook this emergency situation for the equivalent of a long term condition?
The laws says that an abortion is allowed for life threatening emergencies. Did this doctor not spot the life threatening emergency? Apparently later he finally decided it was life threatening when it was too late.
It sounds like medical malpractice with a convenient alibi.
Uhhhh…. doctor, you messed up and killed a woman by waiting 20 hours for surgery. You either knew that it was life threatening and therefore exempt from the law and failed to act or you misdiagnosed it and did not think it was an emergency but rather thought it was “chronic” (how is a medical emergency from a treatment chronic). Feel free to choose either option.
The law had nothing to do with this botched medical treatment and disaster. The doctor and his medical professional colleagues are merely looking for a scapegoat.
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