Tennessee woman denied prenatal care for being unmarried - Nashville Banner
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Denial of prenatal care to unmarried women in Tennessee raises concerns over the state's Medical Ethics Defense Act.

The 2025 Medical Ethics Defense Act allows physicians to deny care to patients whose lifestyles they disagree with

  • hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    Doesn’t matter, either way she should have been allowed to state she was not pregnant and get her care. Having to prove it over and over is just madness.

    • reddit_sux@lemmy.world
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      16 days ago

      What if she was pregnant, mammogram caused irreparable harm to fetus, she couldn’t abort even if the harm had caused the fetus to die in her uterus which may have caused her to die or be infertile.

      I am not saying it was right decision but this might have been the thought process behind it.

      One should remember the possibility of these outcomes are more than the benefits she might have had by the mammogram, if it was preventive not diagnostic.

      • SpaceShort@feddit.uk
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        14 days ago

        What if she has cancer and the cancer does irreparable damage to her life dumbass. Also, they could just check for a fetus if that’s a concern.