Reminder, miscarriages are not the same as abortions. It is not murder. The unborn baby (fetus) dies on their own. No one is intentionally killing them. Miscarriages will never be seen as murder.

In light of new information, here is a thought that I had.

The June 24, 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court held that the Constitution of the United States does not confer the right to abortion. This decision returned to individual states the power to regulate any aspect of abortion not protected by federal law. Since this ruling, multiple states have limited or completely banned abortion care for people who are pregnant. In at least nine states, abortion is blocked with no exceptions for rape or incest.

Multiple states have banned abortion after 18, 15, or even 6 weeks gestation. These time restrictions make it impossible for patients to use medical information from ultrasounds and/or genetic testing, available later in pregnancy, to determine if a fetus has an anomaly and/or a life-threatening or lethal condition.

These abortion restrictions and laws permitting any citizen to sue anyone “aiding or abetting” an illegal abortion for up to $10,000 has created uncertainty and fear among health care providers trying to provide medical care to pregnant patients experiencing miscarriage, tubal or ectopic pregnancy (when the embryo implants in the fallopian tube, where it cannot become a full term pregnancy; can be lethal to the mother if not treated promptly and correctly), or those who need prenatal genetic counseling. Clinicians are unclear where the lines stand between providing care and committing a felony that could equal jail time, and this means that pregnant people aren’t getting the appropriate and timely care they need, even outside of a healthy, viable pregnancy.

But did you know that the Dobbs decision has also prevented non-pregnant women from receiving the medications they need to treat lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and other conditions treated with medications like methotrexate?

Chris Stallman, MLS, MS, is a certified genetic counselor, an expert in medication impact during pregnancy, and a Clinical Instructor of Pharmacy Practice-Science at the University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy. “Methotrexate is a medication used to treat many conditions, including lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, and other autoimmune diseases. If a person who is pregnant uses methotrexate, it could increase the chance of miscarriage, birth defects, and other issues in pregnancy or after birth.”

For this reason, girls and women of child-bearing age who are taking methotrexate as treatment for their autoimmune or other diseases are not able to take methotrexate – even if they are not pregnant.

This critical problem is not hypothetical – treatment with methotrexate has already been withheld from female, non-pregnant patients with serious medical conditions in multiple states.

A 48-year-old woman in Tellico Plains, TN received an automated call from her CVS Pharmacy in July 2022 indicating that her prescription for methotrexate wouldn’t be refilled. This patient, who has inflammatory arthritis and a neuromuscular disease called myasthenia gravis, stated that methotrexate allowed her to resume simple, yet previously painful tasks like putting on her pants and rolling over in bed.

In June 2022, not 24-hours after the Dobbs ruling, a patient in Maryland who has Crohn’s disease received a call from her insurance company indicating that methotrexate, used to treat the chronic inflammation and pain associated with this condition, would no longer be available to her.

Within a week of the Dobbs ruling, a woman in Virginia who has Lupus received a letter from her doctor’s office indicating that it was pausing all prescriptions and refills of methotrexate because of the Supreme Court decision on abortion. Before taking methotrexate she experienced flares of Lupus so severe that she had trouble walking and needed to use a shower chair to wash.

Another woman from Missouri had been taking methotrexate to treat rheumatoid arthritis. When she went to the pharmacy to pick up her refill she learned from the pharmacist that they needed a specific direction from her doctor that the medication would not be used for an abortion. The pharmacy, Walgreens, confirmed with this customer that they do not require the same procedure from their male clients.

A 14-year old girl in Arizona was denied a refill of methotrexate to treat her debilitating rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis. Her angry physician tweeted that her patient was denied this critical medication because she was female. The withholding of life-saving or -altering medications from the women who need them has forced some of them to consider surgical sterilization.

Could denying women of childbearing age (who may or may not be sexually active, fertile, heterosexual, or pregnant) methotrexate be just the beginning of problems for women who need prescription or over-the-counter medications? Stallman says, “This certainly could lead to more medication denials – and not just for people who can get pregnant. If my husband or children need medication that could increase risks to a pregnancy, would they be denied the medication simply because they live with a person who could get pregnant? Will health care providers have to stop handling or dispensing such medications if they or their partner could get pregnant? And before saying ‘that will never happen’, remember that is what people said about the overturning of Dobbs. We don’t know how far this will go.”

Let’s take this thought experiment a step further. Is it possible that young girls will have to present a letter from their pediatricians indicating whether they’ve started having periods before they can receive the medications they need? Will adult women have to present written proof of tubal ligation, menopause, or infertility from their physicians before filling their life-saving medications? Will other medications that can affect the health of a fetus, even the highly regulated acne medication Accutane, require such additional proof? Could pharmacies use the data they have on prior purchases, like tampons and lubricant, to determine if a woman may be of child-bearing age and/or is sexually active?

The Dobbs decision is just the beginning of our government interfering with womens’ bodies, their personal choices, and their medical care. This decision is already impacting health care outside of pregnancy and could force women and their family members to disclose personal information about their fertility, sexuality, sexual and medical history with pharmacists, medical systems, the government, and the databases that all of them use. Our federal government must act swiftly to ensure that this decision doesn’t lead to further government overreach, discrimination, interference in proper medical care, and tragedy.

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I pretty much never talk about this, but I feel like it's obvious I'm pro-choice. But I see so many people trying to sway others to be pro-choice by talking about what happens after the baby is born, and not at all what pregnancy or labor is like. I don't personally know what labor is like, but I do have a great interest in pregnancy for various reasons (1) I was pregnant once, and 2) I would like to be pregnant again and to have my own baby).

But seriously, carrying a baby is a lot. And no one seems to talk about it! There are lots of changes to your body, some permanent, like stretch marks, and I know those aren't always wanted (thought they should be normalized). But even in just the first trimester you get morning sickness (which is no fucking joke, I couldn't get out of bed pretty much every morning until I had some ginger ale, and even after that you can still get sick [I almost threw up in my mom's boyfriend's bathroom while helping out with stuff]), you might start disliking some of your favorite foods (which is upsetting), and your breasts might start to hurt (who wants that, right?).

This one woman I follow on TikTok got six cavities with her first pregnancy, and not just had her perineum torn while giving birth, but got two hernias and had to get surgery. And this was for a baby she wanted.

And then there's c-sections! That would be incredibly stressful, and that can leave scarring. They're only used in emergency situations, and I'm sure no one wants that.

But I'm getting a bit ahead of myself. Later in pregnancy you can get a compressed nerve and not feel part of one or both of your thighs because of the weight of the baby against the nerve, you can get sick from being pregnant and need to be hospitalized long before the baby will come. (And what about twins? They are almost always premature, and carrying them is usually more tricky.) And just, let me tell you, the bladder issues because of the weight of the baby? Probably not fun. Peeing yourself in public is mortifying. I also want to add that when your milk comes in there are chances for mastitis and because of a stupid med I was on I know now that mastitis is painful and can make you feel pretty sick.

Now a lot of this is thinking about the baby going to full term. But what about miscarriages, and the baby dying or something going wrong with the baby and you have to have an induced labor to get it out of you. All of that is painful in multiple ways. But saying someone should remain pregnant literally does not even take miscarriages and complications into account. I had a miscarriage during the first trimester, and it physically hurt so much and made me feel so sick. If you get normal periods (meaning if you don't have endometriosis, PCOS, fibromyalgia, etc.), think of your worst period and then multiply it by maybe 5.

There are so many complications that can happen from conception to birth, and fucking anti-choicers don't have the grace to consider that, and they don't have the grace to consider how hard a normal pregnancy is.

Pregnancy is not easy, and there's a reason I'm working on healing my body before I want to try and get pregnant again. We should not be forcing people to go through all this hardship.

This law is vague enough that it could include people who had a miscarriage.

Because they’re pro-life.

#ectopicpregnancy #gofundme #recover #miscarriage

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brittany-poolaw-manslaughter-miscarriage-pregnancy/ "nobody is calling miscarriage murder" ...

Yeah, I have seen this. The examiner said it could be genetic anomaly, placenta abruption, or maternal methamphetamine use, and I guess couldn't determine an exact cause of death. But I think it's the fact that the baby had meth in his system that was the main issue. There are definitely risk factors associated with meth misuse during pregnancy: "the available research indicates increased rates of premature delivery, placental abruption (separation of the placental lining from the uterus), and various effects on babies prenatally exposed to methamphetamine, including small size, lethargy, and heart and brain abnormalities." So I guess they found that the possible causes of death are mainly linked to her meth misuse, and found her liable. But that isn't to say that the placenta abruption here was caused by meth. Maybe we should make laws protecting mothers from manslaughter charges when its not so clear cut if their own actions cause the baby to miscarry. I don't want any woman going to prison for a miscarriage that was beyond her control. I think @avesblues2 and @pro-birth know more about this than I do, though.

Thinking about getting my first tattoo, but I can decide on if I want a bear paw print with my two babies birth flowers in it or a mama bear with two cubs (one with a halo and wings for my angel baby).

#ShortVideo: One of the oldest miscarriages texts

An Akkadian text from Mesopotamia and the Babylonian civilization dating back almost 4000 years.

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1/5/2015- my baby died, I lost him, I believed he was a him, I felt it in my whole heart. 11 weeks + 4 days, so close to that “safe” mark but we just couldn’t make it, you were already gone 💔 I tell your siblings about you, about how beautiful and pure you are, how you’re the brightest star watching down over us, I will never forget you, you are on my mind and in my heart every single day, you will never be forgotten Deon Tomos, my beautiful baby, I’m so glad you never experienced pain, fear or cold, but i oh so wish I could have just held you, even if just for a second, I would have cherished that more than anything, but I held you in my womb and kept you as safe as I could, I’m so sorry my beautiful baby, I miss and love you 💔

3 cups of coffee(assuming that cup is 8oz) a day can cause a miscarriage. 1 cup(8oz) has 95mgs of caffeine. 200mgs of caffeine is enough to cause an abortion. So that number is closer to 2.1 but still.

Be safe.

I said nothing. =)

People will die.