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Tennessee woman denied prenatal care for being unmarried
(nashvillebanner.com)
"pro life"
as a european I might just not understand the nuance of this but WHAT IN THE FUCK?
The 2025 Medical Ethics Defense Act allows physicians to deny care to patients whose lifestyles they disagree with
“It’s absolutely not ‘pro-life’ — and not very Christian either,” said Rep. Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville), as she shared the woman’s story after the town hall. “And who else are they not going to treat? I had a friend say: what about someone who’s addicted to drugs or alcohol, or who’s struggling with mental health? If you can just refuse treatment to anyone whose lifestyle you disagree with — that’s not medical ethics. That’s fascism.”
Sounds like an attack on medical ethics to me, how is that a defense?
Its just like any other super henious piece of legislation that removes human rights. They give it some sweet helpful sounding name (eg. Patriot Act) so when anyone votes against it they can point fingers and say "THIS COMMUNIST HATES PATRIOTS!" or (eg. Kids Online Safety Act) "THIS EVIL BASTARD DOESNT WANT TO PROTECT KIDS!!!"
Its a fascist habit as old as time itself.
Don't worry, they'll care about the fetus when charges can be brought against the woman for neglect.
Yikes
Patient Registration Questionnaire Question 856. Patient's preferred computer operating system (OS): Ubuntu LTS
"Yeah, sorry buddy, we don't serve your kind in these offices."
You understand it, it's fucking insane so your reaction is normal.
A bunch of American men believe women should not have sex outside of marriage (except with them of course, where women are expected to be nymphomaniac whores).
Basically completely unrealistic and unreasonable shitty people
I actually prefer you don't understand. We're an ass backwards society and we're not your allies anymore.
No nuance. Women are property to them
Tennesseestan
I can bet a significant amount of money the mother is black and they are simply being racist pieces of shit.
She said she does have experience navigating the world of healthcare and Medicaid and explains she feels privileged in this way — a way most others wouldn’t be, especially being a white woman and employed.
Nope she’s a white woman. I mean I agree that I would have wagered she wasn’t white and hence the treatment. But fuck these religious bigots. I’m so sick of people not even following the teachings of the religion they so desperately use to define their lives.
Sexism has always trumped racism.
Not being married doesn't make her less pregnant. What the hell do these people think they're doing for a living -- are they gonna take care of potential babies, or are they there to preach?
It's about propagating the religion- the lives of the people are unimportant. The religion grows by enforcing a set of customs, and anyone who doesn't comply is threatened with ostracism or violence
I hate how religious people are given permission to discriminate. Someone else's religion has nothing to do with me. I shouldn't be constrained by a religion that isn't mine and if someone can't provide care based on their religion, then they have no business being in the profession. None at all.
We need a freedom "from" religion amendment to the constitution.
When she reached staff at Sen. Bill Hagerty’s office, they told her, “he’s not obligated to listen to his constituents.”
I fucking hate this country's political system.
Please tie your message to a brick and gently place it on his desk through the window.
She wasn't even "promiscuous". That absolutely shouldn't Legally matter and doesn't morally matter at all, but the physician wasn't even going for low hanging fruit: she had been with the same man for 15 years and they had a 13yo together?? They were essentially married. Stfu dumb ass physician.
I hope it goes all the way to the Supreme Court (not that she should have to) and I like to think if I ever met said physician I would suddenly recieve divine intervention that, morally, no doctors should have Achilles tendons.
Agreed. But also, i wouldn’t trust anything in the hands of the Supreme Court right now.
She was not the property of a man. That's the standard by which these people assess women
My gods i wish you were wrong
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