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Woman in Poland dies after being denied an abortion

34 replies

ArabellaScott · 04/11/2021 17:32

Tragic news from Poland. Seems a woman has died as a direct result of the ban on abortion.

4w.pub/woman-dies-after-being-denied-abortion/

'...doctors who saw the pregnant woman refused to terminate the nonviable pregnancy, even though it could have put the life of the woman at risk. Their final decision was to wait for the fetus to die on its own.

But the patient (a woman yet to be named, a choice made by the lawyer who sounded the alarm) suffered a septic shock after the fetus had died, and she didn’t survive. She leaves behind a husband and a daughter.'

'On November 1, Polish women held vigils in many places around the country in memory of the pregnant woman who had died'

RIP, and my thoughts are with her family. Flowers

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Whatwouldscullydo · 04/11/2021 19:46

When anyone would rather both die rather than provide a termination you know its nothing to do with " saving the baby" and every thing to do witg just making sure women have no control over their body and are suitably punished fir daring to have sex.

Poor poor woman and her family. Such a needless thing happen. Yet sadly so predictable Sad

NiceGerbil · 04/11/2021 19:34

Women dying etc is seen as necessary collateral damage when it comes to people who are against abortion full stop.

Just a fact.

QuiltedHippo · 04/11/2021 19:20

Thats just awful, sanctity of life my arse Sad

RavingAnnie · 04/11/2021 19:01

Oh my god that is horrific.

AssassinatedBeauty · 04/11/2021 18:55

Despite knowing that this was always likely to happen as a result of the change in law, it is still shocking and awful to learn that at least one woman has now died. It's barbaric that the state can interfere in the medical treatment of women in this way.

RobotValkyrie · 04/11/2021 18:41

Very similar thing happened in Ireland in 2012: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Savita_Halappanavar

Conniethesensible · 04/11/2021 18:12

Absolutely awful. Heart goes out to her family. Religion should never trump science.

Babdoc · 04/11/2021 18:11

Same thing happened in Ireland. Politicians should keep the fuck out of medicine. Leave it to patients and their doctors.

Capferret · 04/11/2021 17:38

That's terrible.
Religion and misogyny together make a lethal bloody cocktail!