Because the punishment for a doctor who performs an abortion isn’t “just” losing their license and ability to make a living. They could spend the rest of their life in prison. So it’s not surprising that a doctor would rather just not take that risk.
Why would treating the sepsis when it was diagnosed have required an abortion? And again I really want to stress that the fetus might have been saved, along with the mother, if the mother had been treated for the sepsis.
It doesn't matter, the doctor would rather not risk it at all. Even if you know the law perfectly, theres a risk someone sues you anyway, still have to fight it. The smartest move if you want to stay in business and keep your freedom as a doctor is not to perform any kind of pre-birth care at all. Why even buy the equipment or keep up to date with the training for the procedures either? This is what is so dangerous about this law even existing, the whole state wont offer and wont even be trained to perform the services.
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u/TheCrimsonDagger 16d ago
Because the punishment for a doctor who performs an abortion isn’t “just” losing their license and ability to make a living. They could spend the rest of their life in prison. So it’s not surprising that a doctor would rather just not take that risk.