I also live in Canada. Don't kid yourself, we could go the same way if ultraconservatives get into power in the next election. We are certainly swinging that way.
Thank you. I’m a 69 yr old white woman living in Pennsylvania, but this is my no. 1 issue, and I was shocked that it didn’t seem to matter in how folks voted in 2024. Young women seem oblivious! I will be resisting in every way I can.
I am 58 years old, and menopausal. I am no longer at risk for pregnancy. Nonetheless, women's reproductive health is one of my top 3 issues - the others being education (which, to me, includes book bans; as a retired teacher, I know the difference the right book can make for a student) and racism. These 3 issues seem to encapsulate the right's desire to control anyone and anything that they can, for their own financial benefit, and to allow them to continue to feel superior to anyone who is not like them.
As I watch people screaming that they voted for Trump and never expected to have his policies impact *them* in a negative manner, and ask what's going on, why they aren't getting what they thought they were voting for, I can only shake my head and hope that the orange idiot's minions get so caught up in turf wars and their own incompetence that they fail to get anything done. Given that it's a cult of personality, I can only hope that when he's gone, the entire thing will fall apart. But the longer it goes on, the less I think that that's likely. We, as a nation, must take the nation back - by ensuring that all citizens have access to appropriate health care as determined by their medical team (not legislators), to a complete and unbiased education, and to equal opportunities (which, to me, includes acknowledging that birth circumstances beyond the person's control need to be accommodated, to level the access to opportunity).
I am glad you wrote this blog. I saw all this coming after Roe and Wade was literally thrown away in Trumps basket. A wait and see when women will not have any form of contraception or hormone therapy. I wonder if condoms are on the hit list too? Thanks for the facts. How many doctors want to come to Canada? We could use a few.
This is really well done. There are many dimensions to the fetal personhood movement and Dr. Gunter’s coverage is thorough. People need to be aware of this and take it very, very seriously. Please share this as widely as possible. I am preparing a longer commentary with a restack which I will be sharing as widely as I can, though my social media footprint is limited.
Thank you, Dr. Gunter, as always, for your advocacy. A few things:
First, re: "Senator Bernie Sanders grilled him about this with a photo of the merchandise, and now the website sells them with the discount code 'Bernie'," this alone demonstrates the contempt of RFK the Lesser, a dangerous, narcissistic, power-hungry lunatic who shouldn't be anywhere near anything related to public health. But then, those adjectives also describe Chump, so no surprise.
Second, while I value your medical expertise and insisght, I cannot get on board with this national psychosis of trans mania. The phrases "a living, breathing, pregnant person" and "It reduces people with a uterus to incubator status" themselves reduce women to incubator status.
"A living, breathing pregnant person is a WOMAN. "Peoople with a uterus" are WOMEN.
I didn't spend my life fighting for women's rights only to be told now by men that they can magically become women just because they say they "feel" like it!
Anorexics "feel" fat. Who are we to deny their feelings? Rachel Dolezal said she "felt" black and was raked over the coals. Who are we to deny her feelings? I love Celtic music and Celtic literature and Celtic culture to the depths of my being. Maybe I should change my name and deny my real heritage because I "feel" Celtic. Why not? Everyone else is. Changing the msot fundamental essence of one's being is all the rage.
Men who "transition" into womanhood should NOT be allowed in domestic violence shelters, or female prisons, or female locker rooms, or rape crisis centers. I can't believe I even have to spell this out.
Liberty allows you to pretend whatever you like about yourself, but not to compel others to do so as well. You wanna wear dresses? Fine. Have at it. Have fun. Knock yourself out. But don't tell me that makes you a woman.
You wanna change/adorn/mutilate your body? Fine -- AS LONG AS YOU'RE AN ADULT. Adults should be able to do whatever they want with their bodies. But you don't have the right to mutilate children. You don't have the right to mess with their hormones and use them as experiments for your personal political ideology.
The term "gender-affirming care" is a grotesque Orwellian euphemism. I am a lifelong feminist, and I am sick to death of this obnoxious, bonkers term.
I will continue to fight for all the rights of women, including abortion and contraception, even though those rights are constantly being eroded not only by the fascists of the GOP but also by the deluded ideological notions of self-styled progressives. I'm progressive; they're not.
I cannot fathom having such strong feelings about this. It’s truly bizarre. You could literally describe both gender affirming hormones and contraception as giving someone of reproductive age reversible hormones to control their own body. But truly I don’t understand how anyone can reconcile valuing bodily autonomy when it comes to reproduction and giving anything close to one single fuck about someone using hormones because of gender.
I already addressed this. To repeat: Do whatever you want to do to your body, up to and including mutilation and irreversible hormone treatments, if you're an adult. It's your body. You don't have the right to do this to children. Pretty simple.
That’s the point. Minors access their own hormonal reproductive care all the time. It’s been the standard for decades. It’s also been the standard to give them the capacity to consent to it, and even in states that have pushed restrictions they’ve still allowed access with a parent’s consent. Unless you are arguing that we should start denying minors access to reproductive care, then you’re arguing that reversible hormones are somehow more dangerous or less acceptable for one use than another.
There is no comparison with contraception. False equivalence.
Are you actually arguing that chopping off body parts (e.g., the grotesquely euphemistic "top surgery") and pumping huge amounts of testosterone or estrogen into a child's body is the same as going on the pill? Seriously??
Human beings have struggled with body image since the dawn of time. "I don't like my __________"; "I don't feel comfortable with my __________"; fill in the blank. This phenomenon is nothing new. What IS new is the social contagion of "I have to permanently alter my body to salve my confusing, yet completely normal feelings of discomfort." It is a Culture-Bound Syndrome:
When people -- especially adolescents -- feel uncomfortable, we try to comfort them. When they engage in self-destructive behavior, we try to get them professional psychological help. We don't indulge that behavior and tell those people they have to keep doing it -- we certainly don't laud them for it, as we're expected to laud people who are "transitioning," as if that's some kind of accomplishment.
I already offered the analogy of anorexia. Self-explanatory. And again, if Eddie Izzard is a woman, then Rachel Dolezal is black.
Conflating hormone treatments with surgery is a right wing talking point. The people behind Libs of TikTok perpetuated this false idea that children are getting surgeries that "chop off body parts" and it lead to bomb threats at major hospitals.
I'm not scared away by the false charge of "rightwing talking point."
And if the rightwing happens to be right (i.e., correct) on one solitary thing, that just proves the old adage that even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Apparently you aren't familiar with "top surgery" or you wouldn't deny that it's happening. And I didn't "conflate hormone treatments with surgery." They are two different things.
I've spent my life agitating for social justice. I even sacrificed my career for it. I'm not afraid to speak out when "my side" is full of shit, as it is on this subject.
I hardly think there is a “transmania” unless you want to talk about the right wing fascists who are using this to score points. Men really do not dress up as women to get into women’s sports or into women’s bathrooms. By your vehement attack on trans people you are just buying into their insanity. In case you didn’t know trans can go both ways male-to-female as well as female-to-male. By denying these people their rights you are part of the problem.
Again this is just one part of deflecting from the real issue -reinforcing the patriarchy and denying non-male persons their rights.
"Vehement attack on trans people"? What a load of nonsense. I didn't and don't attack trans people. Oh, and guess what -- "non-male persons" are called women.
As for men invading women's single-sex spaces and harming women there, perhaps you're unaware of these events:
DA Compelled to Call Alleged Male Rapist "She/Her"
Journalist Hannah Barnes on the inside story of the collapse of Tavistock’s gender identity clinic
In recent years, those inside the clinic began to raise concerns. After a scathing independent review, the National Health Service decided to close the clinic.
I'm always fascinated by the obsession about bathrooms. It seems that you want only people with an XX chromosomes in a women's bathroom. S you would like a person with a full beard, bald head, and bunch of muscles who looks like someone you or anyone else would assume is a man in the women's bathroom with you just because they have XX chromosomes?
Deflecting? This is a real issue people are facing all over the country. Which bathroom do you suggest the bearded, muscled, looks like a dude but has XX chormosomes person uses? The same applies to the XY person who everyone would assume has XX chromosomes.
You are equating hormones that someone can start and stop - just like they can with contraceptives - with a surgery that’s the equivalent of a teenager getting a pretty routine breast reduction or augmentation (without questioning how we address the psychological state of someone who wants different tits.) And again, you have extremely strong feelings about needing to control someone else’s body, which is just completely antithetical to supporting reproductive health. I understand there are vehemently anti-trans folks. I don’t understand how you are here.
You are mischaracterizing my opinions. If you don't understand why I'm here, that's your problem. Perhaps do some reading on the millions of feminists like me who are fed up with being told to shut up and take a back seat to men who are so psychologically disturbed that they think they're women.
I’m familiar with what a TERF is and it’s not feminism. You haven’t explained how you reconcile some people’s bodily autonomy with others. If anything it seems like you’re asking for other people’s care to take a back seat for your own comfort. By that logic, I’m asking the pope to shut up and take a back seat so women can access contraceptives.
You’ve clearly dug in on your trans hatred, so obviously I won’t change your mind. Everyone else- policing gender hurts women. Enforcing gender-based rules hurts women. Educate yourself. Don’t be misled by fear and propaganda.
Using proper medical terminology is not "scary." The language of 'pregnant person' is _accurate_. This commenter talks a lot about feelings: just because she has fragile femininity is no reason to accommodate her need to _feel_ like a woman by limiting the language to exclude others, in this case trans men who have uteruses, who can also get pregnant. Forcing them to live by her definition of womanhood would be bizarre.
In reality, she it completely backwards. MY womanhood and femininity aren't threatened by these terms, 'people who can get pregnant' doesn't even include me -- my FSH is sky high. It's an accurate medical term. I'm not a person who can get pregnant. Does that make me less of a woman? Of course not.
I can’t quite formulate my thoughts yet through all the rage - but i wanted to link to the archived pages for the CDC MEC contraception info and STI info that awesome internet smarties posted on a Reddit thread recently. As a OBGYN , i use these invaluable resources every day.
We're at the stage where we need to take action to protect ourselves and those we care about. This means if you have the $150, order abortion medication at https://aidaccess.org/en/ Get it now while you still can. I no longer have to worry about an unplanned pregnancy, but I want to be able to help others. This medicine will sit on a shelf until someone needs it.
Me again. This is a deliberately provocative question, but I have honestly wondered….where are the lawyers? I am shocked that it’s ok for women to bleed out and die without fear of legal repercussions. I know there is a law in place….but that is how laws are challenged— through lawsuits. Dr. Gunter may bristle at my suggestion ….I get it, I am a PACU nurse. But how in 2025 is it ok to let a woman die? At the beginning of the civil right movement, Bobby Kennedy asked, “Where are the lawyer?.”…. And they showed up to defend minorities. We need some pro bono lawyers to show up and represent these families of women who have died. Yes, the health care facilities need to be sued for letting women die . It’s unpleasant, but it will shine a light on this freakin’ mess. Really would like feedback on this. Tell me why I’m wrong. I’m not a lawyer.
People are suing and have been suing. However, when the courts are rigged with anti-choice judges it is very difficult to get justice.
I have witnessed this living in Texas. The politicians blame the doctors for “ not understanding the law”…. When in reality doctors are powerless over hospital administration. As a PACU nurse you must know how little power doctors and nurses have in hospitals…and even if a lawsuit makes it through the system it takes years and years to get to a resolution.
I hear you though: how is it ok for women to die for a zygote?
Welcome to our brave new world, overseen by Trump's political appointees, and heralding America's rapid descent into the Dark Ages of science and medicine.
Dr. Jen - I'd argue that you need to go at the local level. Your state judges and legislative bodies make a shit ton of decisions that impact the federal level elections.
For example, in a state like NC, OH or WI, they are very gerrymandered. Because of that, they have disproportionate representation at the federal level. Your state legislature draws your Congressional map. When someone sues over the map being illegal, it goes before a state judge. If those folks are against women's rights, it's frightening.
Don't sleep on your local elections because they play a part in how you are represented at the federal level. We saw this play out in WI last year with a state election for a judge.
I am glad I live in Canada because from my point of view, Margaret Atwood dystopia is coming true.
I also live in Canada. Don't kid yourself, we could go the same way if ultraconservatives get into power in the next election. We are certainly swinging that way.
Well, maybe I am still living in denial, I hope it will not be the case. Women’s rights are precarious, always, and with them minority’s too.
Thank you. I’m a 69 yr old white woman living in Pennsylvania, but this is my no. 1 issue, and I was shocked that it didn’t seem to matter in how folks voted in 2024. Young women seem oblivious! I will be resisting in every way I can.
I am 58 years old, and menopausal. I am no longer at risk for pregnancy. Nonetheless, women's reproductive health is one of my top 3 issues - the others being education (which, to me, includes book bans; as a retired teacher, I know the difference the right book can make for a student) and racism. These 3 issues seem to encapsulate the right's desire to control anyone and anything that they can, for their own financial benefit, and to allow them to continue to feel superior to anyone who is not like them.
As I watch people screaming that they voted for Trump and never expected to have his policies impact *them* in a negative manner, and ask what's going on, why they aren't getting what they thought they were voting for, I can only shake my head and hope that the orange idiot's minions get so caught up in turf wars and their own incompetence that they fail to get anything done. Given that it's a cult of personality, I can only hope that when he's gone, the entire thing will fall apart. But the longer it goes on, the less I think that that's likely. We, as a nation, must take the nation back - by ensuring that all citizens have access to appropriate health care as determined by their medical team (not legislators), to a complete and unbiased education, and to equal opportunities (which, to me, includes acknowledging that birth circumstances beyond the person's control need to be accommodated, to level the access to opportunity).
Keep the truths coming
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I am glad you wrote this blog. I saw all this coming after Roe and Wade was literally thrown away in Trumps basket. A wait and see when women will not have any form of contraception or hormone therapy. I wonder if condoms are on the hit list too? Thanks for the facts. How many doctors want to come to Canada? We could use a few.
This makes me very sad. I live in Canada but does that even make a difference anymore? I will do my best at spreading the truth.
This is really well done. There are many dimensions to the fetal personhood movement and Dr. Gunter’s coverage is thorough. People need to be aware of this and take it very, very seriously. Please share this as widely as possible. I am preparing a longer commentary with a restack which I will be sharing as widely as I can, though my social media footprint is limited.
Thank you for outlining this all in one place.
Thank you, Dr. Gunter, as always, for your advocacy. A few things:
First, re: "Senator Bernie Sanders grilled him about this with a photo of the merchandise, and now the website sells them with the discount code 'Bernie'," this alone demonstrates the contempt of RFK the Lesser, a dangerous, narcissistic, power-hungry lunatic who shouldn't be anywhere near anything related to public health. But then, those adjectives also describe Chump, so no surprise.
Second, while I value your medical expertise and insisght, I cannot get on board with this national psychosis of trans mania. The phrases "a living, breathing, pregnant person" and "It reduces people with a uterus to incubator status" themselves reduce women to incubator status.
"A living, breathing pregnant person is a WOMAN. "Peoople with a uterus" are WOMEN.
I didn't spend my life fighting for women's rights only to be told now by men that they can magically become women just because they say they "feel" like it!
Anorexics "feel" fat. Who are we to deny their feelings? Rachel Dolezal said she "felt" black and was raked over the coals. Who are we to deny her feelings? I love Celtic music and Celtic literature and Celtic culture to the depths of my being. Maybe I should change my name and deny my real heritage because I "feel" Celtic. Why not? Everyone else is. Changing the msot fundamental essence of one's being is all the rage.
Men who "transition" into womanhood should NOT be allowed in domestic violence shelters, or female prisons, or female locker rooms, or rape crisis centers. I can't believe I even have to spell this out.
Liberty allows you to pretend whatever you like about yourself, but not to compel others to do so as well. You wanna wear dresses? Fine. Have at it. Have fun. Knock yourself out. But don't tell me that makes you a woman.
You wanna change/adorn/mutilate your body? Fine -- AS LONG AS YOU'RE AN ADULT. Adults should be able to do whatever they want with their bodies. But you don't have the right to mutilate children. You don't have the right to mess with their hormones and use them as experiments for your personal political ideology.
The term "gender-affirming care" is a grotesque Orwellian euphemism. I am a lifelong feminist, and I am sick to death of this obnoxious, bonkers term.
I will continue to fight for all the rights of women, including abortion and contraception, even though those rights are constantly being eroded not only by the fascists of the GOP but also by the deluded ideological notions of self-styled progressives. I'm progressive; they're not.
I cannot fathom having such strong feelings about this. It’s truly bizarre. You could literally describe both gender affirming hormones and contraception as giving someone of reproductive age reversible hormones to control their own body. But truly I don’t understand how anyone can reconcile valuing bodily autonomy when it comes to reproduction and giving anything close to one single fuck about someone using hormones because of gender.
I already addressed this. To repeat: Do whatever you want to do to your body, up to and including mutilation and irreversible hormone treatments, if you're an adult. It's your body. You don't have the right to do this to children. Pretty simple.
That’s the point. Minors access their own hormonal reproductive care all the time. It’s been the standard for decades. It’s also been the standard to give them the capacity to consent to it, and even in states that have pushed restrictions they’ve still allowed access with a parent’s consent. Unless you are arguing that we should start denying minors access to reproductive care, then you’re arguing that reversible hormones are somehow more dangerous or less acceptable for one use than another.
There is no comparison with contraception. False equivalence.
Are you actually arguing that chopping off body parts (e.g., the grotesquely euphemistic "top surgery") and pumping huge amounts of testosterone or estrogen into a child's body is the same as going on the pill? Seriously??
Human beings have struggled with body image since the dawn of time. "I don't like my __________"; "I don't feel comfortable with my __________"; fill in the blank. This phenomenon is nothing new. What IS new is the social contagion of "I have to permanently alter my body to salve my confusing, yet completely normal feelings of discomfort." It is a Culture-Bound Syndrome:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/psychology/culture-bound-syndrome
When people -- especially adolescents -- feel uncomfortable, we try to comfort them. When they engage in self-destructive behavior, we try to get them professional psychological help. We don't indulge that behavior and tell those people they have to keep doing it -- we certainly don't laud them for it, as we're expected to laud people who are "transitioning," as if that's some kind of accomplishment.
I already offered the analogy of anorexia. Self-explanatory. And again, if Eddie Izzard is a woman, then Rachel Dolezal is black.
Conflating hormone treatments with surgery is a right wing talking point. The people behind Libs of TikTok perpetuated this false idea that children are getting surgeries that "chop off body parts" and it lead to bomb threats at major hospitals.
I'm not scared away by the false charge of "rightwing talking point."
And if the rightwing happens to be right (i.e., correct) on one solitary thing, that just proves the old adage that even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Apparently you aren't familiar with "top surgery" or you wouldn't deny that it's happening. And I didn't "conflate hormone treatments with surgery." They are two different things.
I've spent my life agitating for social justice. I even sacrificed my career for it. I'm not afraid to speak out when "my side" is full of shit, as it is on this subject.
I hardly think there is a “transmania” unless you want to talk about the right wing fascists who are using this to score points. Men really do not dress up as women to get into women’s sports or into women’s bathrooms. By your vehement attack on trans people you are just buying into their insanity. In case you didn’t know trans can go both ways male-to-female as well as female-to-male. By denying these people their rights you are part of the problem.
Again this is just one part of deflecting from the real issue -reinforcing the patriarchy and denying non-male persons their rights.
"Vehement attack on trans people"? What a load of nonsense. I didn't and don't attack trans people. Oh, and guess what -- "non-male persons" are called women.
As for men invading women's single-sex spaces and harming women there, perhaps you're unaware of these events:
DA Compelled to Call Alleged Male Rapist "She/Her"
https://womensliberationfront.org/news/da-compelled-to-call-alleged-male-rapist-she/her
A transgender rapist has been jailed for eight years for attacks on two women before changing gender.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-63823420
Sex offender charged with exposing himself in girl’s locker room of W-L pool
https://www.arlnow.com/2025/01/18/charges-against-sex-offender-for-w-l-girls-locker-room-incident-prompt-statement-from-gop/
Canada’s oldest rape crisis centre targeted with violent graffiti in Vancouver
. . . According to VRRWS, someone had also previously nailed a dead rat to the door of its Kingsway education centre.
https://globalnews.ca/news/5824446/vancouver-rape-relief-womens-shelter-graffiti/
Canada's oldest rape crisis centre stripped of city funding for refusing to accept trans women
In a statement, Vancouver Rape Relief said they were the victim of 'discrimination against women in the name of inclusion’
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadas-oldest-rape-crisis-centre-stripped-of-city-funding-for-refusing-to-accept-trans-women
Journalist Hannah Barnes on the inside story of the collapse of Tavistock’s gender identity clinic
In recent years, those inside the clinic began to raise concerns. After a scathing independent review, the National Health Service decided to close the clinic.
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/03/09/the-inside-story-of-the-collapse-of-the-tavistock-gender-service-for-children
Now tell me who's attacking whom.
I'm always fascinated by the obsession about bathrooms. It seems that you want only people with an XX chromosomes in a women's bathroom. S you would like a person with a full beard, bald head, and bunch of muscles who looks like someone you or anyone else would assume is a man in the women's bathroom with you just because they have XX chromosomes?
You're deflecting.
Deflecting? This is a real issue people are facing all over the country. Which bathroom do you suggest the bearded, muscled, looks like a dude but has XX chormosomes person uses? The same applies to the XY person who everyone would assume has XX chromosomes.
Gee, who's obsessed with bathrooms now?
I never mentioned bathrooms. I've traveled all over the world and used all kinds of bathrooms.
You are ignoring every instance I enumerated above of men harming women by invading women-only spaces.
So yeah, you're deflecting.
You are equating hormones that someone can start and stop - just like they can with contraceptives - with a surgery that’s the equivalent of a teenager getting a pretty routine breast reduction or augmentation (without questioning how we address the psychological state of someone who wants different tits.) And again, you have extremely strong feelings about needing to control someone else’s body, which is just completely antithetical to supporting reproductive health. I understand there are vehemently anti-trans folks. I don’t understand how you are here.
You are mischaracterizing my opinions. If you don't understand why I'm here, that's your problem. Perhaps do some reading on the millions of feminists like me who are fed up with being told to shut up and take a back seat to men who are so psychologically disturbed that they think they're women.
I’m familiar with what a TERF is and it’s not feminism. You haven’t explained how you reconcile some people’s bodily autonomy with others. If anything it seems like you’re asking for other people’s care to take a back seat for your own comfort. By that logic, I’m asking the pope to shut up and take a back seat so women can access contraceptives.
Ah, yes, the last remaining allowable slur -- TERF. So charming.
Slur away. You're sealioning, and I'm done here.
Please actually be done here completely.
Oooh, burrrrrrn!
You’ve clearly dug in on your trans hatred, so obviously I won’t change your mind. Everyone else- policing gender hurts women. Enforcing gender-based rules hurts women. Educate yourself. Don’t be misled by fear and propaganda.
Right back at ya, darlin'.
Scary! Thank you for talking about this.
Using proper medical terminology is not "scary." The language of 'pregnant person' is _accurate_. This commenter talks a lot about feelings: just because she has fragile femininity is no reason to accommodate her need to _feel_ like a woman by limiting the language to exclude others, in this case trans men who have uteruses, who can also get pregnant. Forcing them to live by her definition of womanhood would be bizarre.
In reality, she it completely backwards. MY womanhood and femininity aren't threatened by these terms, 'people who can get pregnant' doesn't even include me -- my FSH is sky high. It's an accurate medical term. I'm not a person who can get pregnant. Does that make me less of a woman? Of course not.
Thank you Dr Gunter , for this post.
I can’t quite formulate my thoughts yet through all the rage - but i wanted to link to the archived pages for the CDC MEC contraception info and STI info that awesome internet smarties posted on a Reddit thread recently. As a OBGYN , i use these invaluable resources every day.
http://web.archive.org/web/20241130014247/https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/73/rr/pdfs/rr7304a1-H.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20250111182522/https://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment-guidelines/STI-Guidelines-2021.pdf
People - please pass along.
We're at the stage where we need to take action to protect ourselves and those we care about. This means if you have the $150, order abortion medication at https://aidaccess.org/en/ Get it now while you still can. I no longer have to worry about an unplanned pregnancy, but I want to be able to help others. This medicine will sit on a shelf until someone needs it.
Me again. This is a deliberately provocative question, but I have honestly wondered….where are the lawyers? I am shocked that it’s ok for women to bleed out and die without fear of legal repercussions. I know there is a law in place….but that is how laws are challenged— through lawsuits. Dr. Gunter may bristle at my suggestion ….I get it, I am a PACU nurse. But how in 2025 is it ok to let a woman die? At the beginning of the civil right movement, Bobby Kennedy asked, “Where are the lawyer?.”…. And they showed up to defend minorities. We need some pro bono lawyers to show up and represent these families of women who have died. Yes, the health care facilities need to be sued for letting women die . It’s unpleasant, but it will shine a light on this freakin’ mess. Really would like feedback on this. Tell me why I’m wrong. I’m not a lawyer.
People are suing and have been suing. However, when the courts are rigged with anti-choice judges it is very difficult to get justice.
I have witnessed this living in Texas. The politicians blame the doctors for “ not understanding the law”…. When in reality doctors are powerless over hospital administration. As a PACU nurse you must know how little power doctors and nurses have in hospitals…and even if a lawsuit makes it through the system it takes years and years to get to a resolution.
I hear you though: how is it ok for women to die for a zygote?
Welcome to our brave new world, overseen by Trump's political appointees, and heralding America's rapid descent into the Dark Ages of science and medicine.
Dr. Jen - I'd argue that you need to go at the local level. Your state judges and legislative bodies make a shit ton of decisions that impact the federal level elections.
For example, in a state like NC, OH or WI, they are very gerrymandered. Because of that, they have disproportionate representation at the federal level. Your state legislature draws your Congressional map. When someone sues over the map being illegal, it goes before a state judge. If those folks are against women's rights, it's frightening.
Don't sleep on your local elections because they play a part in how you are represented at the federal level. We saw this play out in WI last year with a state election for a judge.