What Do Abortion Bans Mean For Miscarriage Care?
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🗓️ 23 May 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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But those are just the ones doctors know about. Some estimates put that number much higher to account for all the times a person didn't realize they were pregnant.
The care for a miscarriage is often identical to an induced abortion. With the Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, some doctors are raising the alarm about how that could affect routine miscarriage care.
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| 0:00.0 | I have had three miscarriages and I now am lucky enough to have three living children. |
| 0:14.5 | So I had three miscarriages before having these three living children and they were very |
| 0:20.6 | messy and one of them ended up 20 weeks. |
| 0:24.2 | So the only way I have my three living kids is because I had the care that I had during |
| 0:30.4 | those miscarriages. |
| 0:31.7 | I needed care, I needed the help and that was given to me and now I have three living |
| 0:36.4 | kids. |
| 0:37.4 | At least one in ten pregnancies ends in a miscarriage. |
| 0:41.0 | That's according to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. |
| 0:45.2 | But those are just the ones doctors know about. |
| 0:47.8 | Some estimates put that number much higher, one in four, to account for all the times |
| 0:51.9 | a person didn't even realize they were pregnant. |
| 0:54.7 | The care for a miscarriage is often identical to an induced abortion and with a supreme court |
| 1:00.0 | poised to overturn Roe v Wade, some doctors are raising the alarm about how that could |
| 1:04.8 | affect routine miscarriage care. |
| 1:07.5 | After the break, well here from OBGYNs on how abortion bands could impact routine pregnancy |
| 1:12.7 | care, while also here from an anti-abortion right OBGYN to hear how she sees these laws |
| 1:18.5 | playing out. |
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