you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 28 points 6 days ago (6 children)

And the reason for this is that these same people voted for anti abortion republicans who passed strict abortion laws.

Then the doctors all left, because they didn't want to have to sit and watch their patients die from complications during pregnancy.

This was a self inflicted wound.

  • source
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago

    This long predates the reversal of Roe v. Wade

    The fundamental issue is America's crumbling healthcare, which is a result of the private healthcare system

    The single most impactful event that led to this was the gutting of the ACA in 2008

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

    This happens even in states that have enshrined abortion in their constitution, like Montana. Where I lived in Montana we had to drive 2.5 hours one way for the nearest maternity center. It may absolutely be the case that abortion bans are causing these maternity centers to close in many areas, but where I lived it was happening because the rising costs of Healthcare, and the costs to entice doctors to "the frontier", were too high for keeping the local (and quite poor) population safe and healthy

    Edit: https://www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1235084997/montana-judge-declares-3-laws-restricting-abortion-unconstitutional

    https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/mt-supreme-court/1489482.html

    This is the law that protected access to abortion

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    Bullshit. It was only legal as of 2025. Before then the republican were harassing the doctors into leaving. A they have been trying to overturn the amendment from the day it was passed. Nobody is going to hang around during that kind of harassment.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments