19w pregnant presents via EMS hemorrhaging. Placenta previa.

Medic says 1L blood at scene, more en route. Not slowing.

Transfusions going.

She’s begging you save her life.
6yo son wailing.
Fetus alive.

She’s hypotensive, tachycardic.
How does this end in your world @aaplog https://twitter.com/aaplog/status/1092380564777304065
20 weeks pregnant.

? Leaking fluid. - Confirmed, water broke.

IVF baby. Devastated, but hopeful. Will just wait.

4 days later:
Temp 103
WBC 32
Lactate 3

Sepsis. Fetus alive.
ABX no help.

Organs failing.
Husband distraught.
Why are you letting my wife die?! Help her!
@aaplog
21 weeks this time. EFW 250g.

Severe Pre-Eclampsia.
BP 220/160.
Mag & Meds not helping.

Her head hurts.
Vision is gone.
She seizes.

Pressures aren’t improving.
She’s unresponsive.
Concerned she has had a stroke.

Her supportive nurses are waiting. They want her to live.
How do these scenarios end in your world @aaplog ?

In my world they end with abortion and a living mother.

In yours, according to this tweet, they end with both a dead mother and dead fetus?

Come back to the real world where we care about people, not politics.
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