Posted on May 21, 2019
Opinion | Medical School Doesn’t Teach the ‘Woman’s Life Is in Danger’ Curriculum
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Over the past few weeks, Georgia, Alabama and several other states have passed restrictive, medically illiterate abortion laws that allow the procedure if the mother’s life is at risk.
"I am an obstetrician and gynecologist trained to do abortions. I do not know how to translate these laws into clinical practice because often the language is preposterously vague and they include terms with no medical meaning".
In Alabama, for example, a doctor can “deliver the unborn child prematurely to avoid a serious health risk to the unborn child’s mother.”
The legislation does not define what constitutes a “serious” maternal medical condition nor how “serious” it must be to prompt intervention. The language about how to terminate the pregnancy is similarly problematic. Does the vague word “deliver” mean an induction of labor, or does it also apply to a surgical abortion?
"I am an obstetrician and gynecologist trained to do abortions. I do not know how to translate these laws into clinical practice because often the language is preposterously vague and they include terms with no medical meaning".
In Alabama, for example, a doctor can “deliver the unborn child prematurely to avoid a serious health risk to the unborn child’s mother.”
The legislation does not define what constitutes a “serious” maternal medical condition nor how “serious” it must be to prompt intervention. The language about how to terminate the pregnancy is similarly problematic. Does the vague word “deliver” mean an induction of labor, or does it also apply to a surgical abortion?
Opinion | Medical School Doesn’t Teach the ‘Woman’s Life Is in Danger’ Curriculum
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel wow, a controversial topic, this could go to the Supreme Court.
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Maj Marty Hogan SGT (Join to see) SPC Margaret Higgins SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth CW5 Jack CardwellCOL Mikel J. Burroughs CPL Dave Hoover SSG William Jones Lt Col Charlie Brown PO1 H Gene Lawrence Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SCPO Morris Ramsey TSgt Joe C. PVT Mark Zehner LTC (Join to see) Capt Dwayne Conyers PO1 Tony Holland Sgt (Join to see) LTC Stephen F.
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Well, since this is from the New York Times I am not surprised that their focus is on the would-be mother PO1 William "Chip" Nagel.
1. The term mother is unique to women who give birth - natural or cesarean.
2. I helped deliver my first-born son at home in Columbus, Georgia in 1988 and delivered my second son at the Bethesda birthing center in Bethesda, Maryland in 1991. That included cutting the umbilical cord after draining all the blood into the newborn before cutting it.
3. This may well be teed up to the Supreme Court which may rule on responsibilities for induced abortions and limitations on the procedures.
Thank you for mentioning me, my friend SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
I concur my friend SGT Robert R.
1. The term mother is unique to women who give birth - natural or cesarean.
2. I helped deliver my first-born son at home in Columbus, Georgia in 1988 and delivered my second son at the Bethesda birthing center in Bethesda, Maryland in 1991. That included cutting the umbilical cord after draining all the blood into the newborn before cutting it.
3. This may well be teed up to the Supreme Court which may rule on responsibilities for induced abortions and limitations on the procedures.
Thank you for mentioning me, my friend SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
I concur my friend SGT Robert R.
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