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Demovictory9

(33,412 posts)
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 07:01 AM Monday

She Voted for Trump. Then She Had Two Terrifying Miscarriages in Texas.

**long read**

https://thebarbedwire.com/2024/10/09/she-voted-for-trump-then-she-had-two-terrifying-miscarriages-in-texas/

She Voted for Trump. Then She Had Two Terrifying Miscarriages in Texas.
In 2023, my sister Victoria spent more than 24 hours hemorrhaging into three diapers when Dallas-area hospitals declined to help her. “I know you’re not supposed to have regrets, but I do,” she said, about supporting Trump. “Look what’s happened.”




In 2023, my sister Victoria spent more than 24 hours hemorrhaging into three diapers when Dallas-area hospitals declined to help her. “I know you’re not supposed to have regrets, but I do,” she said, about supporting Trump. “Look what’s happened.”

**

“This guy is not a politician! He’s very blunt and upfront about what he’s speaking and what he’s believing in, like maybe that is what we need,” Victoria recalled thinking at the time.

That year, on Election Day, she voted for Trump.

***

Six years later — after Trump appointed three Supreme Court justices who each voted to overturn Roe v. Wade — my sister sat hemorrhaging for hours in the emergency waiting room in the conservative small town of Waxahachie.

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She was nearly nine weeks pregnant. The life that was supposed to be growing inside her felt like it was flowing out in streams of blood. It was filling the thick pads she was wearing, and she feared any moment it would seep onto the glossy plastic blue chairs at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center.

“I’m bleeding uncontrollably, I can’t stop it, and no one can help me because everyone’s afraid of what will happen.” At least, that’s how it felt during those hours in the waiting room.

Just two months earlier, Texas’ trigger law had gone into effect, making abortion a felony punishable by life in prison. Experts warned the law would be a minefield. And it is.

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She Voted for Trump. Then She Had Two Terrifying Miscarriages in Texas. (Original Post) Demovictory9 Monday OP
sanity poozwah Monday #1
They never care until it's them ... he's hurting the people they want hurt never thinking it could happen to them Fullduplexxx Monday #2
is she RJ_MacReady Monday #3
Is she still alive? nt Trueblue Texan Monday #4
yes. nt orleans Monday #30
Yes. WhiskeyGrinder Monday #22
Not supposed to have regrets? Says who? Aristus Monday #5
Vlad's hands were in it. czarjak Monday #16
Nothing wrong with having "regrets" if you learn from them Ohioboy Monday #20
Regrets are the Universe's way of not killing you for your mistakes. bluesbassman Monday #23
Remember... GiqueCee Monday #6
trump voters don't care about others. mwb970 Monday #7
Trump voters... GiqueCee Monday #15
Except jayschool2013 Monday #18
"... myths, lies, and conspiracy theories..." GiqueCee Monday #19
Thanks. ... littlemissmartypants Monday #8
This. markodochartaigh Monday #24
Tip of the spear. littlemissmartypants Monday #25
These Trumpers are slow learners Dem4life1234 Monday #9
YET, according to the media & their polls 50% or so of white women CousinIT Monday #10
Hope this is not repeated bmichaelh Monday #11
It'll be repeated regardless, as long as certain governors remain entertained by seeing women suffer. cab67 Monday #29
Yet other magats will still vote for him because they have not personally experienced ecstatic Monday #12
The average American voter IMO isn't very smart, has practically no critical thinking ability NoMoreRepugs Monday #13
Typical conservative. Icanthinkformyself Monday #14
You built this. czarjak Monday #17
Enslave the largest group of people first and the rest will be a piece of cake Clouds Passing Monday #21
American health care is a disaster and an embarrassment mountain grammy Monday #26
That's unfortunate purr-rat beauty Monday #27
Face-Eating Leopards Deep State Witch Monday #28
sorry this happened to her 4catsmom Monday #31
Something About Leopards North Coast Lawyer Monday #32
yup Skittles Monday #33
I hope she is convincing all her republican friends Tree Lady Monday #34

poozwah

(252 posts)
1. sanity
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 07:22 AM
Monday

if there is one thing that is common among cults, it is the loss of its members’ sanity. whatever the cult demands, the members must comply regardless of the harm it causes them. the process of electing leaders usually involves making a decision based on personal and national interests. with trump, however, decisions are made with his, and only his, personal interests and biases in mind.

Fullduplexxx

(8,157 posts)
2. They never care until it's them ... he's hurting the people they want hurt never thinking it could happen to them
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 07:29 AM
Monday

She was good with this happenening to others

Ohioboy

(3,433 posts)
20. Nothing wrong with having "regrets" if you learn from them
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 09:33 AM
Monday

The best thing she could do is help others not to have the same "regrets".

bluesbassman

(19,745 posts)
23. Regrets are the Universe's way of not killing you for your mistakes.
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 09:38 AM
Monday

One should be a little happy they actually get to reflect upon their regrets, considering the alternative.

GiqueCee

(1,228 posts)
6. Remember...
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 08:02 AM
Monday

... Diaper Donnie got the ball rolling with those SCROTUS appointments, to be sure, but the unspeakable evil of the Texas legislation belongs to Abbott and his two malignant minions, Patrick and Paxton. Those three monsters should not be breathing decent people's air. If they weren't breathing at all, few would mourn their passing.

GiqueCee

(1,228 posts)
15. Trump voters...
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 08:48 AM
Monday

... are congenitally incapable of dealing with abstractions like "other people". If it's not staring them in the face, or slapping them upside the head, it ain't real to their diseased lizard brains.
There may be a small number of MAGA sycophants that have seen the light, so to speak, but they are few, and they will always be susceptible to the influence of the next demagogue's self-serving bullshit because they never have, and never will, think for themselves. Their playground politics of "I know something you don't know!" will ultimately be their undoing, but in the meantime, they will wreak some serious havoc.
The rest of 'em are irredeemable assholes who relish the thought of killing anything, and anyone, with the temerity to disagree with them. Just. Like. Trump.

jayschool2013

(2,441 posts)
18. Except
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 09:00 AM
Monday

"If it's not staring them in the face, or slapping them upside the head, it ain't real to their diseased lizard brains."

Except they also believe in a series of myths, lies and conspiracy theories.

Really, they have only one method of determining what's best: whatever the Lard of Mierda Loco says.

GiqueCee

(1,228 posts)
19. "... myths, lies, and conspiracy theories..."
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 09:14 AM
Monday

... were all part of the "self-serving bullshit" I mentioned, but your point is well-taken.

littlemissmartypants

(24,765 posts)
8. Thanks. ...
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 08:21 AM
Monday

This is memorable from the article:

The Supreme Court’s decision this week means that, when it comes to reproductive healthcare, Texas does not have to abide by a long-standing law that requires most hospitals to provide stabilizing treatment to anyone who walks through their doors. If that sounds troubling, that’s because it is.

Any woman miscarrying in Texas can still be denied care because their doctor is afraid to be prosecuted. Still be forced to wear a diaper at home to absorb their blood in the middle of a physical and psychological trauma. Still get interrogated about their miscarriage.


Too bad for Texas women. It could be all of us suffering soon and the men who love us. I hope that they're paying attention.

❤️pants

markodochartaigh

(1,838 posts)
24. This.
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 09:55 AM
Monday

"...requires most hospitals to provide stabilizing treatment to anyone who walks through their doors."

This is the thin end of the wedge in getting rid of EMTALA. Republican politicians and hospital corporation executives have been talking about ending EMTALA for decades. If the Republicans succeed in getting rid of the Affordable Care Act and the uninsured population greatly increases, I think that that push will gain momentum.

bmichaelh

(572 posts)
11. Hope this is not repeated
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 08:34 AM
Monday

Hope this story is not repeated.

Sorry to say, if Trump is elected, this story will be repeated.

How many people will vote for Trump that depend on the ACA.

They may or may not get healthcare through the ACA marketplace.

Some depend on ACA for protections against pre-existing conditions and/or lifetime limits.

cab67

(3,187 posts)
29. It'll be repeated regardless, as long as certain governors remain entertained by seeing women suffer.
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 10:24 AM
Monday

ecstatic

(34,158 posts)
12. Yet other magats will still vote for him because they have not personally experienced
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 08:35 AM
Monday

what she did. They have zero empathy and zero common sense.

Texas will probably remain red until tens of thousands of women have died. It's very sad.

Not judging Texans because Georgia too is back under a six week ban and we know of at least 2 deaths, with many more likely undiscovered due to the time it takes to investigate maternal deaths.

Do women's lives matter in this country? On Election Day, we're going to find out the answer to that question.

NoMoreRepugs

(10,381 posts)
13. The average American voter IMO isn't very smart, has practically no critical thinking ability
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 08:40 AM
Monday

and relies primarily on social media in order to know what to think and what herd to meld with. Sorry, but when you support the gun toting, fuck global climate change, let’s go back to the past in the future party it’s impossible for me to feel any sympathy for you when tragedy befalls you. Unfortunately there are so many of them it affects all of us.

Going back to my grumpy old man cave now.

Icanthinkformyself

(265 posts)
14. Typical conservative.
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 08:42 AM
Monday

"It'll only hurt the people I don't like, so it's a good policy. Oh, you mean it applies to me too!!! Fix the law so it only applies to 'the others', not 'us'." Conservatism sucks and is the reason we can't have nice things in America.

mountain grammy

(27,116 posts)
26. American health care is a disaster and an embarrassment
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 09:59 AM
Monday

under Obama it got better, under trump is got worse and will continue to get worse because of a corrupt and evil SCOTUS and white people who seem to be just fine with this mess, even white women who show up for the evil when they literally have to almost die to understand the consequences.

The one thing that could make America great is universal health care but we're going backwards.

purr-rat beauty

(578 posts)
27. That's unfortunate
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 10:05 AM
Monday

But you get what you vote for.

If you want to support denying rational care and treatment for women don't run to us when you are that woman

my empathy is this thick for these people

32. Something About Leopards
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 01:48 PM
Monday

Votes for a scumbag who promises to make life miserable for women. Surprised when she's the one who gets bitten.

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