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New Senate Report on Abortion: Healthcare Providers Speak Out [1]

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Date: 2022-11-02

I’m really struggling with writing a cohesive diary on this… This whole Dobbs ruling still has me reeling and I sometimes just can’t put it into words because of the rage. I’m going to let Senator Warren and the Report do the talking:

Here’s the link to Sen Warren’s site with an overview:

New Senate Report from Warren, Lawmakers: Health Care Providers Speak Out on Devastating Harm and Mortal Threats to Women Posed by State Abortion Bans

Senators Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Duckworth, Mazie Hirono, and Tina Smith wrote letters requesting information of how these Abortions bans are affecting our health care system. The organizations that participated were: American Medical Association (AMA), Physicians for Reproductive Health (PRH), National Nurses United (NNU), the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), and the American Hospital Association (AHA)

“In the aftermath of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, this report reveals that the abortion bans and extreme restrictions imposed by Republican politicians have devastating health consequences and threaten women’s lives,” said Senator Warren. “According to leading health care organizations representing doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and hospitals, the health consequences of criminalizing abortion are catastrophic for women – and the Republicans’ proposed national abortion ban would only exacerbate this crisis.”

And the Report itself:

Post-Roe Abortion Bans Threaten Women’s Lives: Health Care Providers Speak Out on the Devastating Harm Posed by Abortion Bans and Restrictions

The report covers many topics, some of which we are familiar with and have seen many examples: no exceptions for rape and incest, pregnancy complications, maternal mortality, healthcare inequities. But I don’t know if I’ve seem much reporting on the effects of those who are not pregnant but are directly affected by these bans:

• State-Imposed Restrictions on Abortion Care Result in Broader Restrictions on Medical Care and Medical Education. The consequences of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe extend beyond reproductive health care and are already impacting patients with autoimmune diseases, patients living in chronic pain, and many others, putting additional burdens on already stressed health care systems. Healthcare providers described a number of different unintended consequences that state abortion bans have on patients that were not seeking abortions, were not pregnant, and in many cases, were not even seeking reproductive health care. PRH described several other types of medical care that will be disrupted by abortion bans, writing that “Abortion bans have a chilling effect on providers seeking to provide care that should not be implicated by an abortion ban because they fear liability and criminalization under the state’s abortion restrictions. In some cases, this fear of criminalization has made it difficult for people to obtain care for conditions unrelated to pregnancy,such as treatment for autoimmune disorders or cancers out of concern that medications could impact pregnancy and ultimately result in pregnancy loss or the need to access abortion care.” In addition, state abortion bans are preventing medical students from obtaining a comprehensive medical education, dissuading students from pursuing a career in obstetrics and gynecology entirely or leaving them with an insufficient education – posing threats to women’s health for generations to come.

Anyway, I wish I could express this better but thought it ought to be out there.

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