THREAD: “The desperation, fear and anger we heard from [our patients] was visceral." - Dr. Amna Dermish, Regional Medical Director for @PPGreaterTX https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/04/texas-abortion-ban-coronavirus/">https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2...
"Those are conversations Gov. Abbott will never have to have with the people of his state; that is our burden to carry as health-care providers.”
“My last patient of the day was someone referred to us for a lethal fetal diagnosis. I had to tell her that, even so, her case didn’t meet the state’s criteria, because her pregnancy didn’t sufficiently threaten her life or health.”
“Every other health-care provider, in every other field and specialty, has the discretion to decide whether their procedures are permitted under the executive order. Only abortion has been explicitly, categorically, declared unnecessary.”