> It's just that the disputants change based on where you're talking about.
It would be good if everyone agreed that taking away basic human rights from women is a bad thing, but I guess were way past that.
It would be good if everyone agreed that taking away basic human rights from women is a bad thing, but I guess were way past that.
If you have a non-viable pregnancy, but there's still a heartbeat, Texas will try to force you to carry to term anyways. In the best case this causes you immense emotional suffering, in the worst case it means that doctors will often hold back lifesaving medical care until your life is in imminent danger - but waiting this long causes your chance of injury/death to rise sharply. Unfortunately Texas also doesn't want you to receive this lifesaving medical care out of state, so anyone helping you is liable to be sued for $10,000[1].
No matter what your position is regarding the intent of the law, we can hopefully all agree that the changes in maternal mortality are horrible, and that nobody should be forced to risk death just so they can see their non-viable pregnancy die before their eyes[2].
[0]: https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-maternal-mortality-...
[1]: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/texas-abortion-law-10-000-...
[2]: https://www.ms.now/health-mindset/was-torture-texas-mom-reco...