Posted on Dec 29, 2022
Bleeding and in pain, she couldn't get 2 Louisiana ERs to answer: Is it a miscarriage?
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When Kaitlyn Joshua found out she was pregnant in mid-August, she and her husband, Landon Joshua, were excited to have a second baby on the way. They have a 4-year-old daughter, and thought that was just the right age to help out with a younger sibling.
At about six weeks pregnant, Joshua, 30, called a physicians' group in Baton Rouge. She wanted to make her first prenatal appointment there for around the eight-week mark, as she had in her first pregnancy. But Joshua says the woman on the line told her she was going to have to wait over a month.
"They specifically said, 'We now no longer see women until they're at least 12 weeks,'" Joshua recalls. "And I said, 'Oh Lord. Is this because of what I think? And they said, 'Yes.'"
She remembers the woman on the phone saying that since the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, and with what the woman called a gray area in Louisiana's law, the group was delaying the first prenatal appointment with patients.
When Kaitlyn Joshua found out she was pregnant in mid-August, she and her husband, Landon Joshua, were excited to have a second baby on the way. They have a 4-year-old daughter, and thought that was just the right age to help out with a younger sibling.
At about six weeks pregnant, Joshua, 30, called a physicians' group in Baton Rouge. She wanted to make her first prenatal appointment there for around the eight-week mark, as she had in her first pregnancy. But Joshua says the woman on the line told her she was going to have to wait over a month.
"They specifically said, 'We now no longer see women until they're at least 12 weeks,'" Joshua recalls. "And I said, 'Oh Lord. Is this because of what I think? And they said, 'Yes.'"
She remembers the woman on the phone saying that since the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, and with what the woman called a gray area in Louisiana's law, the group was delaying the first prenatal appointment with patients.
Bleeding and in pain, she couldn't get 2 Louisiana ERs to answer: Is it a miscarriage?
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."This experience has made me see how Black women die. Like this is how Black women are dying," she says.
It also has made Kaitlyn and Landon Joshua rethink their plans for more children.
"I love my kid. And so, she constantly makes me want another her. But in this moment, it's just too dangerous to get pregnant in the state of Louisiana," Kaitlyn says. "I don't think it's worth risking your life for a baby right now."
She wonders how many other women in Louisiana are now feeling the same."
..."This experience has made me see how Black women die. Like this is how Black women are dying," she says.
It also has made Kaitlyn and Landon Joshua rethink their plans for more children.
"I love my kid. And so, she constantly makes me want another her. But in this moment, it's just too dangerous to get pregnant in the state of Louisiana," Kaitlyn says. "I don't think it's worth risking your life for a baby right now."
She wonders how many other women in Louisiana are now feeling the same."
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LTC David Brown
I agree! Our first pregnancy ended in miscarriage. Doctor told us to go home and drink some alcohol hopefully to promote uterine relaxation. Later in the night our first pregnancy ended in miscarriage. I really can’t see an OBGYN refusing to see a patient with an early pregnancy. Alcohol consumption, vitamins and nutrition etc! As a health care provider I see problems with the story.
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