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Once upon a time in a strange land (actually, Indiana in 1897) the government tried to pass a law making pi = 3.2.
Ohio is now trying to pass a law doing the impossible — require the implanting of ectopic pregnancies.
A bill to ban abortion introduced in the Ohio state legislature requires doctors to “reimplant an ectopic pregnancy” into a woman’s uterus – a procedure that does not exist in medical science – or face charges of “abortion murder”.
This is the second time practising obstetricians and gynecologists have tried to tell the Ohio legislators that the idea is currently medically impossible.
The move comes amid a wave of increasingly severe anti-abortion bills introduced across much of the country as conservative Republican politicians seek to ban abortion and force a legal showdown on abortion with the supreme court.
Ohio’s move on ectopic pregnancies – where an embryo implants on the mother’s fallopian tube rather than her uterus rendering the pregnancy unviable – is one of the most extreme bills to date.
“I don’t believe I’m typing this again but, that’s impossible,” wrote Ohio obstetrician and gynecologist Dr David Hackney on Twitter. “We’ll all be going to jail,” he said.
The new Ohio HB413, p.184: To avoid criminal charges, including murder, for abortion, a physician must “…[attempt to] reimplant an ectopic pregnancy into the women’s uterus”
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“There is no procedure to reimplant an ectopic pregnancy,” said Dr Chris Zahn, vice-president of practice activities at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. “It is not possible to move an ectopic pregnancy from a fallopian tube, or anywhere else it might have implanted, to the uterus,” he said.
“Reimplantation is not physiologically possible. Women with ectopic pregnancies are at risk for catastrophic hemorrhage and death in the setting of an ectopic pregnancy, and treating the ectopic pregnancy can certainly save a mom’s life,” said Zahn.
What's not mentioned is that even if implantation into the uterus were possible, there would have already been so much damage done by malnourishment outside the womb that it would most likely die and spontaneously abort anyway.
Now, why don't they do something useful and square the circle. That ought to keep them out of trouble for a while.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 02 2019, @01:36PM (6 children)
So, are there still women left in Ohio? And what percentage of them could be classified as intellectually capable? Should it be classified as a severe case of child neglect to attempt to raise a daughter there?
(Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Monday December 02 2019, @03:51PM (5 children)
That is what legislators are trying to correct.
When trying to solve a problem don't ask who suffers from the problem, ask who profits from the problem.
(Score: 2) by Pslytely Psycho on Monday December 02 2019, @05:37PM (3 children)
If successful, then would Ohio not become the 'gayest' state in the union, thus requiring an entirely new set of legislative shenanigans?
Damn, I'm running out of popcorn......
Alex Jones lawyer inspires new TV series: CSI Moron Division.
(Score: 3, Informative) by barbara hudson on Monday December 02 2019, @06:07PM (2 children)
SoylentNews is social media. Says so right in the slogan. Soylentnews is people, not tech.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Pslytely Psycho on Monday December 02 2019, @07:00PM
Dear god they'll turn into Montana, where the men are men and the sheep are nervous.....
Alex Jones lawyer inspires new TV series: CSI Moron Division.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 03 2019, @08:00AM
Thrusting into a warm mare pussy will always be a better idea than being gay.
(Score: 1) by evilcam on Tuesday December 03 2019, @02:35AM
What they're trying to "correct" is Roe vs. Wade.