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I’ve just been denied medical management of a failed abortion

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Tinyteatime · 27/06/2019 10:42

I had a medical termination last Saturday, 7 weeks pregnant after my coil failed. Thought it had passed relatively easily so came away on a short holiday with my family luckily only 1.5 hours away from home. Started heavy bleeding and bad cramps yesterday, came to a&e as as advised by the BPAS clinic as I was flooding a pad and blood leaking through my trousers. Passed some very large clots. Internal scan reveals what they think is a foetal heart beat still in there. I’ve been in hospital one night and they said they would do the surgery on me this morning. I’ve just been told that all the doctors available won’t perform the procedure due to religion. This in the U.K. in 2019, in a hospital that offers abortion services. They’ve said I can stay another night and have it tomorrow, I have a breastfed baby that I’ve already been away from for one night, I’m in pain, bleeding and I’ve already had sepsis last year from a womb infection whilst giving birth so I’ve raised infection risk as a concern. I feel so angry about this. Would they deny women treatment for miscarriage? Or is it because there may still be a foetal heartbeat present? Is it simply because I’ve chosen to end the pregnancy myself? How in an nhs hospital can women be denied healthcare like this?

HebeMumsnet · 01/07/2019 09:48

Morning, everyone. We just wanted to pop by and appeal for a bit of peace and love here. The OP's obviously been through a horrendous time but had lots of support and advice on this thread. We really don't want to see it turn into a bunfight and have to be taken down.

Obviously there are differing perspectives on this topic and that's absolutely fine, but we think they can all be expressed without resorting to personal attacks.

Thanks for your help and Flowers for you, OP.

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