Idaho bans nearly all abortions -- and just declined to expand postpartum Medicaid coverage

[RandySF]

Without coverage from Idaho’s Medicaid program, Moscow resident Erin Singer is convinced she would have felt forced to seek an abortion when she got pregnant with her son in 2017.

And without coverage from Medicaid after she gave birth, Singer wouldn’t have been able to afford the physical therapy required to treat the debilitating pelvic condition she developed during pregnancy.

Singer discovered she was pregnant just a few days before a rheumatologist told her the frequent headaches, aches and pains and the multiple miscarriages she had experienced were likely due to an autoimmune disease that causes abnormal blood clotting. In order to safely continue her pregnancy, Singer had to take an injectable blood thinner.

Without insurance, the medication can cost between $75 and $250 per month, which Singer said she wouldn’t have been able to afford.

“It’s not just the baby that could have a problem (without it), I could have a stroke. And I had a (2-year-old) daughter to think about,” Singer said.




https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/idaho-bans-nearly-all-abortions-and-just-declined-expand-postpartum-medicaid-coverage

[milestogo]

1. Don't go to Idaho.

[onecaliberal]

2. Not even a small chance.

[riversedge]

3. The cruelity imposed on women-and their families is unspeakable. Hard to believe this is

2023 in the USA.

[Irish_Dem]

4. GOP/Magas are sadists. They like the dying, torture, suffering.

Like all fascists.

[Miguelito Loveless]

10. The ones I talk to

just refuse to believe any of these medical conditions are real, or dismiss them as so rare that not many women will die.

[Irish_Dem]

12. "Not many women will die."

Yep that is Ok with them, some women will die needlessly.

[Miguelito Loveless]

14. My immediate question

to them was: “And exactly how many women are you willing to see die? Round numbers, please.”

They refused to answer.

[Irish_Dem]

15. Their honest answer: They will kill as many US woman & children as it takes to achieve their goals.

Total permanent power and access to all US wealth.

A fearful and terrified population is a docile, easily intimidated society.
Which is the goal of fascist regimes.

[enough]

5. These people hate babies.

[Earth-shine]

7. Ironically, they love blastocysts and fetuses.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. GQP will make them all into brooding mares! They need more grade school cannon fodder!

[pnwmom]

13. Not true!

They take much better care of brooding mares.

[Farmer-Rick]

8. All women need to leave the State

If they want to force you to birth a baby then turn around and take away your postpartum health care it's not about the babies. It's about hurting and killing women.

If they are A OK with forcing birth on all women And taking away help for after the birth, what else will they do to women. More witch hunts and burnings?

Postpartum is the deadliest time for women. Birth infections can kill you. If the placenta isn't fully expelled...like with my friend's daughter...a rapid deadly infection will ensue. Heavy antibiotics will take care of it but with dwindling postpartum care, where can you find a doctor to treat it. We all know without Medicaid funds a lot of services are not profitable enough to retain in hospitals and clinics.

Women need to leave Idaho before it becomes a medical ghetto for women.

"Ghettos were always defined by lack of choice — they were places inhabitants were forced to live, whether by anti-Semitic governments, discriminating neighbors or racist practices like redlining."

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/04/27/306829915/segregated-from-its-history-how-ghetto-lost-its-meaning

[leftieNanner]

9. The only hospital in the northern part of Idaho

Just announced that they will no longer offer obstetrics care. Pregnant women will have to travel 50 miles or more to find a hospital when they are in labor. And if they have postpartum problems? Oh well. Sucks to be from Idaho, I guess.

They are also just about to pass another law that criminalizes anyone who abets a minor from going out of state (or obtaining pills) to get abortion care without parental consent. Minimum two years in prison on conviction.

[Farmer-Rick]

11. Women have got to get out of there for their own safety

Geez Idaho seems to already be a woman's medical care Ghetto.