No. I am questioning why the mom didn’t know of the exception and why the doctors didn’t inform her. Furthermore- she’s a 13 year old child, it is de facto rape. I agree it should be easier to prove it is rape, but my concern is why neither the doctors nor the mom even thought to try.
I would hope that people would take the time to investigate a topic that was relevant and so important but one of the problems with ignorance is that sometimes you are so ignorant you don’t know you have a blind spot. If you’ve not paid attention beyond hearing that abortion is now banned the thought, “I wonder if there is a rape exception?” may just not occur. A bit like how so many people don’t know how tax brackets work, assume they do, and never bother to look into the topic.
As far as the doctors. I looked into things a bit more and apparently Mississippi’s last abortion clinic closed down in July of 2022, which isn’t surprising given the legal situation, so the direction to Chicago by the doctor may not have been motivated by advice to avoid persecution but rather it being the nearest qualified facility. So I think we were both erroneously assuming there were in-state options that weren’t being used.
P.S. I suspect Chicago wasn’t literally the closest but probably the closest without restrictions such as requiring a separate counseling and procedure visit that creates a greater barrier than a longer drive.
But abortions don’t have to be performed in an abortion clinic- and seeing as it’s a 13 year old child that’s clearly dangerous enough to be performed in an OR.
But abortions don’t have to be performed in an abortion clinic- and seeing as it’s a 13 year old child that’s clearly dangerous enough to be performed in an OR.
Well, that’s beyond my field of knowledge so I’ll bow out now. Have a good one.
No. I am questioning why the mom didn’t know of the exception and why the doctors didn’t inform her. Furthermore- she’s a 13 year old child, it is de facto rape. I agree it should be easier to prove it is rape, but my concern is why neither the doctors nor the mom even thought to try.
I would hope that people would take the time to investigate a topic that was relevant and so important but one of the problems with ignorance is that sometimes you are so ignorant you don’t know you have a blind spot. If you’ve not paid attention beyond hearing that abortion is now banned the thought, “I wonder if there is a rape exception?” may just not occur. A bit like how so many people don’t know how tax brackets work, assume they do, and never bother to look into the topic.
As far as the doctors. I looked into things a bit more and apparently Mississippi’s last abortion clinic closed down in July of 2022, which isn’t surprising given the legal situation, so the direction to Chicago by the doctor may not have been motivated by advice to avoid persecution but rather it being the nearest qualified facility. So I think we were both erroneously assuming there were in-state options that weren’t being used.
P.S. I suspect Chicago wasn’t literally the closest but probably the closest without restrictions such as requiring a separate counseling and procedure visit that creates a greater barrier than a longer drive.
But abortions don’t have to be performed in an abortion clinic- and seeing as it’s a 13 year old child that’s clearly dangerous enough to be performed in an OR.
Well, that’s beyond my field of knowledge so I’ll bow out now. Have a good one.