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While talking about her baby s fatal birth defect which also put her own life at risk as she was forced to continue carrying her unborn child. catiano is one of two women suing texas talking about scenarios that would be considered medical emergencies and would allow for a legal abortion under the state s har harsh restrictions. republican-backed ban went into effect in the state outlawing all abortions except to save the life of a pregnant person, but the procedure was already limited following the passage of sb-8 in 2021, and that banned abortions at six weeks of pregnancy. so the vagueness of this current exception, saving the life of a pregnant person, has left doctors afraid, scared to perform even medically necessary ....
Coming from. there s model legislation. this all started with sb-8 in texas, my home state, which established this vigilante mechanism and reallyte encourag the citizens of the state to spy and report texans who left the state to have abortions. when you have organized entities withor extremist organizations likest harris society, christia right to life, they are literally disseminating within the agsin and the legislatures. so it is not shocking. our sense of this is they re losing the public opinion war on abortion. they are desperate to win back power and in mississippi, we know we have folks, the ag is up for re-election and she ll be in a toughio race. this is them fear-mongering against some of the most ....
thanks for having me. so i want to start with this> letter from these 19 republican attorneys general. f they re writing to the biden administration why? why have they taken this on as a matter of they need to take one the federal government? the republican ags have been increasingly extremist. they re some of the most egregious offenders of attacks on our fundamental freedoms from the right toal vote to reproductive freedom.ti it s not shocking as they re losinghe the republican war on abortion, they re pivoting and trying to conflate gender affirming care attacks with abortion care. we know that the opponents for reproductive abortion acts are the same as for gender affirming care. we know where the dark money is coming from. we know who s the organizers behind this. weere s model legislation. this all started with sb-8 in gl ....
Given the maternal mortality crisis, given the need for sick leave, child care, health insurance, especially for low and poorer families, we have to do more to support people who are staying pregnant against their will and to support them, the children that they already have, and support the children they are being forced to birth. i wonder what the biggest challenges have been in providing care ever since the ban sb-8 was passed in texas? i think some of the most difficult things are having face to face conversations with people who are pregnant and they are telling you their story. again, i have seen hundreds of people since the laws have gone into effect, texas had an sb-8 a year before dobbs was over turned. real people are saying i almost died in the last pregnancy. i had complications in the previous pregnancy. i can t afford to have a child. i don t have a job. i don t have health insurance. ....
Going to the field of obstret you cans and gynecology. from 2021 to 2022, in texas, after the passage of sb-8, there was a 19% decrease in ob-gyn applicants in our state. this is important as we are the second biggest state and asthma dam vice president pointed out we have 50% of our counties without ob-gyns. that s because people are afraid. people don t understand the law, my own friends don t understand what the texas law is. basically what the texas law says, you can make that decision if it s a life threatening situation, but if we don t agree with you, we re coming after you. here s the thing. ....