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Facing life-threatening miscarriage in Arkansas, calls to governor didn't help

26 points by orwin

by orwin

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(I had to edit the title to keep it under the character limit, i tried to keep the information correct)

by wetmore

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This article is absolutely infuriating and so many of the people included should be deeply ashamed of their behavior (as described). I understand that the people at the hospital are in danger of legal retribution so for many of them their cowardice is excusable. But the examples of the hospital CEO making empty promises without actually doing anything, and the hospital refusing to foot the $5,000 bill to transfer the patient to a location that would actually care for her are morally disgusting. The lawmakers that intentionally created this grey area though are the true villains for willingly gambling with women's lives to score political capital.

by stevenalowe

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The governor is a big part of the problems in Arkansas - it is unlikely that any of her aides cared enough to even mention it to her, though I doubt she would have had any empathy as she and her legislators have worked very hard to keep the situation the same

by metalliqaz

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> Her patients often panic and beg for help, but none have had the resources to travel to another state for care.
I wish there was more detail on this. I often wonder how someone is able to get themselves to a hospital, but when faced with death, is unable to get themselves to another state. Not any family member with a car? Not a neighbor? Friend? Not even a bus ticket?

by AndrewKemendo

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> “Our hands are tied behind our backs,” Dr. Erin Large later told her, according to a journal Waldorf began keeping on her phone and shared with ProPublica. “Tell your friends to vote differently.”
“I’m just doing what I am told” is basically the operating principle of everybody now no matter what.
Everyone saw this coming everybody talked about the implications of it it was very well understood, it was very well known.
If you’re in this position you have a choice to make: Do what is good for your patient or keep your job
The fact that the entire medical (and almost every) industry is like this should be an indictment of our entire society but the fact that nobody, not even doctors, are going to put their job on the line for someone else even if they might die tells you what you need to know about who you live around.