Florida congresswoman blames left-wing fearmongering for the reluctance of hospital staff to give her the drugs she needed to end an ectopic pregnancy that threatened her life
Florida congresswoman blames left-wing fearmongering for the reluctance of hospital staff to give her the drugs she needed to end an ectopic pregnancy that threatened her life
Wait, WHAT. They need two written opinions backing up that it was necessary?
In the Florida law, yes, if it’s beyond the (impractically low) gestational age threshold.
This is not that surprising given the position of pro-lifers who think that life begins at conception. The UK just progressed an assisted-dying bill which would legalise the ending of the lives of terminally ill people; even with their consent, two written opinions are needed (in the bill, which is not yet law) to do this.
But yes, it’s a lot of hurdles for something that should in general just be available as a medical procedure.