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The Suburban Women Problem

Okay, But Why Don't Abortion Law "Exceptions" Work?

The Suburban Women Problem

Red Wine & Blue

News, Kids & Family, Politics, Parenting, Government

4.8850 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Few issues polarize this country like abortion. Most Americans believe these intensely personal decisions should be made by families and doctors, not politicians. But even those who call themselves “pro-life” usually believe some exceptions should be made — in the case of rape, when it’s a matter of saving the mother’s life, or when doctors determine the fetus has no chance of survival. But we’ve seen time and time again that “exceptions” don’t work. Right now, in Georgia, a tragedy is playin...

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0:00.0

There's so much happening in politics right now.

0:04.0

So red wine and blue is here to ask, okay, but why?

0:09.0

Every time I share our story, my heart breaks.

0:17.0

For the baby girl we wanted desperately, for the doctors and nurses who couldn't help

0:24.1

me deliver her safely. For Josh, who feared he would lose me too. But I was lucky. I lived.

0:34.8

So I'll continue sharing our story, standing with women and families across the country.

0:43.3

Today, because of Donald Trump, more than one in three women of reproductive age in America

0:51.8

lives under an abortion ban.

0:58.9

In 2022, Amanda Zorozky almost died.

1:04.9

She was pregnant with a baby girl she desperately wanted, but her water broke way too early at 18 weeks.

1:07.0

Doctors told her with absolute certainty that her baby wouldn't survive, but because of a law in Texas,

1:13.2

they couldn't give her an abortion. They had to wait until the baby died inside of her,

1:19.5

and she went into septic shock, almost dying herself, before they could give her the medical

1:25.4

care she needed. Now she has permanent organ damage.

1:30.6

Amanda's timing couldn't have been worse.

1:33.6

Just one week earlier, she would have been able to get the health care she needed.

1:38.4

But because the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade that year,

1:42.0

an abortion ban went into effect in Texas, just a few days before

1:46.6

all of this happened to her. When cases like Amanda's are held up as examples of why abortion

1:52.8

bans are so dangerous, some people protest. Most abortions aren't like that, they say. You can't

1:59.4

use one story to make a law.

2:02.3

Even well-meaning people think that doctors can make exceptions in cases like Amanda's, where

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