Which 500 Washington women could die?
So will one of these women be your wife, your daughter, your friend or even you?
Well, that's not how it works in the real world. Complications can and do arise, and at that moment no woman or her family should be subjected to government as doctor. What's not talked about very much is that families with financial resources will find a way to take care of their loved one, even if it means travelling outside the country. Those with fewer resources, as always in this society, will bear the consequences of cruel public policy.
If we played ball like the righties, the Legislature would immediately make it mandatory to have a one hour "consult" for all medications being used for erectile dysfunction, as men need to be informed that there are now situations in which a woman they impregnate will not be provided safe medical care. A marriage license would also be required, as well as proof of employment and a household financial statement.
They should also require a notarized letter from the spouse indicating that she is aware that her husband is getting this medication. Of course, all of this could be waived in a private consultation if the male patient is not, um, intending to have sex with a woman. So your typical middle-aged GOP married guy can either jump through all the hoops or um, tell the pharmacist he's not going to have sex with a woman, and we'll just leave it at that.
Of the 24,108 induced abortions that occurred in Washington state in 2005, the most recent year statistics are available, 2,309, or 9.6 percent, were dilation and extraction procedures, according to the state Department of Health.While the theocratic right gloats over the Supreme Court's unjust and callous decision, what they are really celebrating is the potential pain and possible death of 500 women. Yes, theocrats, what about the babies? Shouldn't children have live mothers, not dead or crippled mothers? It's as if the entire "it's okay to let women die" movement never thought the whole thing through, preferring to live in a fantasy world where everything always goes just right.
But department spokesman Jeff Smith said the agency has no data indicating how many of those D&E abortions were of the type specifically outlawed under the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003.
However, this ban applies to about 2 percent of the abortions performed in the United States each year, said Dr. Sarah Prager, an obstetrician/gynecologist and director of the Resident Family Plan Training Program at the University of Washington.
If that same percentage applies in Washington state, it would affect directly about 500 women a year.
Prager said there are circumstances where the banned procedure is the safest one for the woman, such as when she has infections, bleeding or heart problems.
Well, that's not how it works in the real world. Complications can and do arise, and at that moment no woman or her family should be subjected to government as doctor. What's not talked about very much is that families with financial resources will find a way to take care of their loved one, even if it means travelling outside the country. Those with fewer resources, as always in this society, will bear the consequences of cruel public policy.
If we played ball like the righties, the Legislature would immediately make it mandatory to have a one hour "consult" for all medications being used for erectile dysfunction, as men need to be informed that there are now situations in which a woman they impregnate will not be provided safe medical care. A marriage license would also be required, as well as proof of employment and a household financial statement.
They should also require a notarized letter from the spouse indicating that she is aware that her husband is getting this medication. Of course, all of this could be waived in a private consultation if the male patient is not, um, intending to have sex with a woman. So your typical middle-aged GOP married guy can either jump through all the hoops or um, tell the pharmacist he's not going to have sex with a woman, and we'll just leave it at that.
