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Josseli Barnica grieved the news as she lay in a Houston hospital bed on Sept. 3, 2021: The sibling she’d dreamt of giving her daughter would not survive this pregnancy.

The fetus was on the verge of coming out, its head pressed against her dilated cervix; she was 17 weeks pregnant and a miscarriage was “in progress,” doctors noted in hospital records. At that point, they should have offered to speed up the delivery or empty her uterus to stave off a deadly infection, more than a dozen medical experts told ProPublica.

But when Barnica’s husband rushed to her side from his job on a construction site, she relayed what she said the medical team had told her: “They had to wait until there was no heartbeat,” he told ProPublica in Spanish. “It would be a crime to give her an abortion.”

For 40 hours, the anguished 28-year-old mother prayed for doctors to help her get home to her daughter; all the while, her uterus remained exposed to bacteria.

Three days after she delivered, Barnica died of an infection.

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[-] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 140 points 21 hours ago

And Republicans will never care about it. Fucking ghouls.

[-] Fester@lemm.ee 49 points 21 hours ago

There’s always an acceptable number of deaths with the GOP. It’s just happens to be infinite when it comes to healthcare, pandemics, poverty, guns - basically anything that won’t result in punishing innocent brown people. In that case the number is extremely low.

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 16 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Not only will they not care, they will dismiss it and joke about it. From the article (regarding a different woman who died from being denied life saving medical care):

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp called the reporting “fear mongering.” Former President Donald Trump has not weighed in — except to joke that his Fox News town hall on women’s issues would get “better ratings” than a press call where Thurman’s family spoke about their pain.

[-] Tronn4@lemmy.world 49 points 19 hours ago

The hospital should be sued for death from negligence

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 36 points 19 hours ago

By who, the state of Texas? This is what they want to happen.

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 30 points 18 hours ago

The hospital was following Texas law. Any doctor who helped her would have been arrested.

[-] ArtificialLink@lemy.lol 9 points 16 hours ago

"I swear to fulfill, to the best of my ability and judgment, this covenant: I will respect the hard-won scientific gains of those physicians in whose steps I walk, and gladly share such knowledge as is mine with those who are to follow. I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures [that] are required, avoiding those twin traps of overtreatment and therapeutic nihilism. I will remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon's knife or the chemist's drug. I will not be ashamed to say "I know not," nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills of another are needed for a patient's recovery. I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. Most especially must I tread with care in matters of life and death. If it is given me to save a life, all thanks. But it may also be within my power to take a life; this awesome responsibility must be faced with great humbleness and awareness of my own frailty. Above all, I must not play at God. I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being, whose illness may affect the person's family and economic stability. My responsibility includes these related problems, if I am to care adequately for the sick. I will prevent disease whenever I can, for prevention is preferable to cure. I will remember that I remain a member of society, with special obligations to all my fellow human beings, those sound of mind and body as well as the infirm. If I do not violate this oath, may I enjoy life and art, respected while I live and remembered with affection thereafter. May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help."

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago

Instead of blaming doctors for not martyring themselves for the Hippocratic oath, we should be putting the blame on the lawmakers that created this scenario to begin with.

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 25 points 18 hours ago

Greg Abbott and Donald Trump should be sued for maliciously causing death.

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[-] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I can hear the church lady's now, "omg that's awful, how did this happen???????" Oh well, gods plan.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 58 points 20 hours ago

Republicans: “God’s will.”

As long as there was no abortion, their view is she deserves it.

[-] kittenzrulz123 35 points 20 hours ago

Its funny how religious people love invoking their holy books to justify hatred and violence while ignoring the parts explicitly saying to not judge others and that human life is more valuable then any commandment from god (also the torah/old testament allows abortion in many cases). Its almost as if those "religious people" don't care about religion and just want an excuse to hate.

[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 35 points 19 hours ago

Both sides are the same. It can't be any worse with the Republicans in office, so just don't vote. That'll show 'em. /s

[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 76 points 21 hours ago

Disgusting that a life was lost over a "person" that would have never existed. This is doing wonders for the birthrate they are so worried about. I wonder if they just assumed this only effects the poors cause wealthier people would go to less restricted hospitals.

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[-] LANIK2000@lemmy.world 15 points 17 hours ago

Omfg I get it now... "All life is sacred" as in all life must feel the fearful embrace of God.

I was gonna put a "/s" at the end, but I'm honestly not too sure anymore... Seems like that's exactly what they want. Like what's the point if not the cruelty?

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