{"id":27072,"date":"2012-03-13T06:53:45","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T12:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/13\/letting-doctors-lie-for-the-greater-good.html"},"modified":"2012-03-13T06:53:45","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T12:53:45","slug":"letting-doctors-lie-for-the-greater-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/13\/letting-doctors-lie-for-the-greater-good.html","title":{"rendered":"Letting doctors lie for the "greater good""},"content":{"rendered":"

An increasing number of states are letting doctors off the hook from malpractice suits if they fail to tell their patients about prenatal conditions that might lead to a woman legally choosing to abort. "No, nothing wrong with the amnio or the ultrasound …" Disgusting. <\/p>\n

"Despite the rhetoric of anti-abortion politicians about how all these restrictions are necessary to ensure that women's decisions are well-informed, it's never been about that. Doctors who provide abortions already work hard to ensure that every woman has the information she needs to make the best decision for herself and her family. What these bills are about is politicians who think they know better than women and who are trying to impose their own views on abortion on a woman and her family regardless of the circumstances …"<\/i><\/p>\n

#ddtb<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Les Jenkins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is just wrong.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKansas to Pregnant Women: "A Little Lie from Your Doctor Won't Hurt You"<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt's what every pregnant woman I know dreads. Going into that big ultrasound, having the ultrasound tech, who had been so chatty, suddenly go silent. Having her do sweep after sweep across your belly without saying another word, until finally, she gets up and solemnly says, "I am going to get the doctor."
As far as pregnancy nightmares go, I thought that was one of the worst. But now politicians in Kansas are giving pregnant women and their partners something new to worry about. Buried in a s…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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An increasing number of states are letting doctors off the hook from malpractice suits if they fail to tell their patients about prenatal conditions that might lead to a woman legally choosing to abort. "No, nothing wrong with the amnio or the ultrasound …" Disgusting. 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