• the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    If someone was stabbed and at immediate risk of bleeding to death, by your logic, immediate treatment would be “preventative care” and therefore not necessary. There’s a league of difference between taking a pill to stave off a death that will happen within a few years, and receiving physical intervention to stave off a death that will happen in a matter of days.

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      5 hours ago

      If someone is stabbed and not bleeding to death, they aren’t immediately dying. They will be given a bandaid and sent home.

      She wasn’t at risk of dying when they sent her home. The early abortion would have been preventative care.

      Are you ok with every woman at 10 weeks being allowed an abortion as long as she can find any doctor that tells her, “You might be at risk.” Because all pregnancies are a risk.

      • the_toast_is_gone@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        The doctors stated that if she didn’t receive immediate treatment, she was at risk of death. Similarly, if someone was stabbed and at risk of death, they would receive treatment. She should have received treatment.

        If every doctor decided that every pregnancy was a severe, immediate enough risk to warrant an immediate abortion, those people should be prosecuted. That would be a grave medical error. This has not happened, and for the sake of society, I hope doctors do not come to that conclusion.