'For physicians and patients alike, this is a frightening and fraught time, with new, unprecedented concerns about data privacy, access to contraception, and even when to begin lifesaving care,' a doctor says.
Doctors, patients making care decisions on premise abortions illegal in wake of Supreme Court decisionJulie Ann Nitsch is shown in 2022 in a hospital in Texas before undergoing surgery to remove her fallopian tubes. Nitsch, a sexual assault survivor, says she chose sterilization at age 36 rather than risk getting pregnant in any other assault.
A lupus patient must stop taking medication that controls the autoimmune disease because it can also cause miscarriages. "It was like, 'The mom's life is in danger. We must evacuate the uterus by whatever means that may be,'" he gave as a scenario. "Whether it's surgical or medical — that's the treatment."
Demonstrators walk to Odessa city hall during a march in support of reproductive rights in Texas on July 9. In a study published this month in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, doctors at two Texas hospitals cited the cases of 28 women who were less than 23 weeks pregnant and were treated for dangerous pregnancies.
The decision to proceed with treatment was hers — abortion is still legal in Illinois. In fact, the state provides greater access to abortion than most other states, and has been flooded with patients seeking abortions following the Supreme Court decision.
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