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Tuesday, March 28th, 2023

Idaho Republicans want to keep doctors from treating ectopic pregnancies

Author:     Lindsay Beyerstein
Source:     AlterNet
Publication Date:     March 24, 2023
 Link: Idaho Republicans want to keep doctors from treating ectopic pregnancies
Stephan:  

I really don't see how a fertile woman can live comfortably in Idaho. This is a state where at least one hospital as a result of the laws Republicans in the state legislature have passed has simply stopped providing obstetrical care. This is a state where OB/GYN doctors are leaving in droves because they feel under threat. And now this. I certainly wouldn't want to be a woman who got pregnant in Idaho; my life could be at risk, and getting medical treatment if something went wrong might not be possible.

Idaho’s Lieutenant Governor Janice McGeachin speaks at a GOP campaign event on March 19, 2022 in Shelly, Idaho. McGeachin, who had received an endorsement from Donald Trump, is challenging the current governor Brad Little. If successful, McGeachin plans to stimulate Idaho’s economy by offering incentives for increased production of firearms and ammunition in Idaho. Credit: Natalie Behring / Getty

“We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!” exclaims a disgruntled philosopher in Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

The philosophers had banded together to protest the advancement of computer science, which they believed was imposing entirely too much clarity on the existential mysteries that gave them job.

The Idaho GOP and a coalition of antichoice groups in the state are taking a similar tack regarding the state’s murky and punitive abortion law.

This session, two Republican state legislators introduced a bill that would clarify key concepts in the state’s felony abortion ban. These include defining when an abortion is necessary to save the life of the pregnant person, and confirming once and for all that it’s not […]

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