How abortion bans are harming pregnant people (feat. @DrJenniferLincoln)

Abortion rights and reproductive healthcare were thrown into turmoil by the Supreme Court. Joined by @DrJenniferLincoln, we hear how pregnancy, childbirth and even medical training have been affected. We’ll also meet Amanda and Josh Zurawski, a coupled denied a medically necessary abortion in Texas.

If you like this video, be sure to check out our earlier episode about the medical realities of abortion with @MamaDoctorJones 👉👉    • What Most People (Still) Get Wrong Ab...  .

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👓 Fascinating reads if you want to learn more:

What Are The Abortion Laws In Your State?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...

Studies mentioned:
- Turnaway Study https://www.ansirh.org/research/ongoi...
- Maternal and fetal health outcomes in Texas https://www.ajog.org/action/showPdf?p...

Emergency maternal health conditions:
- PPROM https://www.mountsinai.org/health-lib....
- Ectopic Pregnancy https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-c...
- Bleeding during pregnancy https://www.nhs.uk/pregnancy/related-....
- Pre-term labor https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-c....

Abortion ban consequences:
- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/10/us...
-https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/27/he...
-https://www.npr.org/sections/health-s...


Pregnancy Is Far More Dangerous Than Abortion
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...
- https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/s...
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31071...

States With Restrictive Abortion Policies Show Weakest Maternal And Child Health Outcomes
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog...

00:00 Background
03:01 Patients denied care
05:56 Maternal health outcomes
07:32 Delayed/denied miscarriage treatment
08:30 Legal confusion
09:52 Turnaway Study
10:48 Challenges to medical education
12:52 The anti-abortion position
14:36 Takeaways