Doctors who care for pregnant people often have to make time-sensitive decisions when lives are on the line. But without the blanket protection once provided by Roe, physicians in these states may not be able to provide appropriate care in a timely manner. Katrina Green, an emergency medicine physician who practices in Tennessee, has seen many of these pregnant patients who, she says, “present very critically ill. Time is of the essence in getting them to an operating room, stat. That can make the D&C, or other procedures to remove remaining pregnancy tissue, riskier. Diagnosing an incomplete miscarriage relies on a variety of factors, says Stacy De-Lin, a physician and the associate director of a Planned Parenthood in New York.

Source: New York Times August 05, 2022 17:18 UTC