A woman experiencing bleeding was not admitted by doctors in Idaho until her fourth ER visit in one week, due to fear and confusion over the state's abortion ban.

Summary

An Idaho doctor testified that confusion over the state’s strict abortion bans left a miscarrying patient “passed around like a hot potato” as doctors avoided treating her out of fear of legal consequences.

The 14-week pregnant woman, suffering heavy bleeding and anemia, was denied care during three ER visits before being admitted against hospital rules, miscarrying, and requiring a blood transfusion.

The testimony is part of a lawsuit challenging Idaho’s abortion laws, which ban most abortions with few exceptions, leaving patients in dangerous situations without timely care.

  • Apytele
    15·
    11 hours ago

    Oh patients get hot potatoe’d all the time it’s just usually they’re full code violent dementia patients. OB hot potatoes are just the new fad in overly legally complicated patients no one wants to be officially responsible for when they die. The republican party is the party of the freedom to die in a ditch full of maggots when your death panel insurance review board (chaired by an eye doctor who’s been out of practice for 10 years after committing fraud) denies your chemo treatment juuust long enough that you’re better off dying quickly and getting out of their hair.

    • SoylentBlake@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      11 hours ago

      If you’re talking about Rand, that motherfucker made up his own accrediting agency, put his stepfather in as it’s head, and issued himself his medical degree. He is NOT a doctor. He’s a grifting traitor.

      Look it up. Seriously. It’s one of those has-to-be-too-stupid-to-be-true stories that usually come out of Florida.

      • Apytele
        1·
        10 hours ago

        The worst part is that this story is so common that it’s going to be vaguely similar to about 500 different specific situations across the entire country.