This certainly isn't going to stop people from choosing to terminate pregnancies, even if they have to drive to a neighboring state to do so. However, this isn't just happening in Mississippi. There seems to be a nationwide attack on reproductive rights with Republican politicians going after Planned Parenthood. I have been writing letters, donating, and campaigning for PP for months now. I suggest those who want to retain their rights and see men, women, and children of low incomes continue to receive health screenings and contraceptives to become involved by visiting the Planned Parenthood Action Center. less

Eucaly said:
Also, abortion is not just the termination of a live fetus, it also refers to the removal of an already-dead fetus. Women who get abortions to remove an already-dead fetus that failed to miscarry get harassed and blocked by anti-abortion political agendas, risking their lives for the sake of something that is already dead. Women who genuinely miscarry can also face criminal proceedings.

You're absolutely right. I had to have a D&C for a miscarriage I suffered. We made sure there was no life in the fetus and the procedure was performed, because I was bleeding profusely as the entire pregnancy had not been emptied from my uterus.

In the recovery room, I was crying, and saying I wanted the fetus put back in, because I was sad and coming out of anesthetic, (and not making sense) and the nurse was trying to comfort me. She said, "Honey, you know that's impossible. You've just experienced an incomplete abortion and the procedure was necessary." What she meant, and even in my drugged state, was the truth I KNEW she meant "a miscarriage."

Sadly, there was a nun in the recovery room (it was an outpatient center and the majority of people in post surg were elderly people recovering from cataract surgery) This woman gave me the stink eye, and then starting whispering to the other women with her. As I was leaving with my husband, several of these women blocked my way and gave me dirty looks and acted absolutely like assholes. I had a freaking MISCARRIAGE, but their judgmental attitudes caused them to knee jerk and treat me like shit.

Nice Christians they were. Caring more about a non-viable pregnancy, and not knowing the medical terms being used than for a suffering young mother. less

I am sorry to hear you went through that. The ignorance of some people astounds me. What exactly do they expect to happen? Should a woman who has a dead fetus inside of her just leave it there, and if she dies from septic conditions, it was G-d's will? less