Tara Rule says her doctor in upstate New York was “determined to protect a hypothetical fetus" instead of helping her treat debilitating pain.

Tara Rule says her doctor in upstate New York was “determined to protect a hypothetical fetus" instead of helping her treat debilitating pain.

  • weed_scientist@mander.xyz
    35·
    9 months ago

    It says right in the video in the article that she uses contraception and would have an abortion if it failed. I’m sure she would’ve taken a pregnancy test, but that doctor wasn’t having it. What more do you need to feel like this woman should be “allowed” to receive life-saving medication? She was literally passing out from pain. Then was prescribed a med that dangerously drops her already low blood pressure.

    • 30mag@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      What more do you need to feel like this woman should be “allowed” to receive life-saving medication?

      She was prescribed medication. Did they leave that out of the article?

      Rule asks whether the drug would be a very effective treatment if she were a post-menopausal woman. The doctor says, “Yes, it would be.” In a longer version of the recording, obtained by the Times Union, it’s not clear whether the doctor is trying to discourage Rule from ever getting an abortion, or is awkwardly trying to communicate the risks of the medication. Rule said the doctor prescribed a different medication that has other negative side effects.

      https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/New-York-woman-claims-she-was-denied-care-due-to-17454058.php

      • weed_scientist@mander.xyz
        1·
        9 months ago

        Yes, I mentioned that in the last sentence of my comment. She said in the video that her blood pressure dropping to a lethal level is very possible due to pre-existing issues.

    • Quereller@lemmy.one
      311·
      9 months ago

      I can’t, for technical reasons, watch the TikTok video If she uses contraception and no contraindications are present she should by all means receive an effective treatment.

        • Quereller@lemmy.one
          39·
          9 months ago

          It would be interesting to hear of the final ruling.

          I still have the hunch that is more like: according to the treatment guidelines you are supposed to try out this two other drugs first because they have less side effects and are safer.

          Or maybe the MDs in this hospital are all bigoted lunatics. I don’t know.