Oh goody, because my head hasn't exploded yet today

[delphipsmith]

Arizona has passed a bill stating that life begins two weeks before conception.

::iz speechless::

Presumably that means everyone in Arizona will soon be singing this.

Also passed: a law protecting doctors from being sued if they withhold information that might lead a woman to get an abortion. Now, I'm fairly certain that's malpractice and violates every medical code of ethics since Hippocrates. I can't wait to hear what the AMA has to say about it. Ideally they will vow to yank the license of any so-called physician who perpetrates this obscenity on a patient.

Gaaaaaaaaahh. And the GOP says there's no war on women. Uh-huh. Pull this one and it plays Jingle Bells. Becoming a rabid feminazi is becoming a more and more attractive option every day that insanity like this sees the light of day.

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[squibstress.livejournal.com]

Malpractice, absolutely. A number of physicians are speaking out on it, and a few are calling for physician non-compliance, especially with the punitive pre-abortion ultrasound laws.

The law provides no protection from action against a physician's license. The AZ Medical Board should (but won't) come out and say that any complaint filed by a patient pursuant to a physician withholding information will be investigated the same as any allegation of serious malpractice. IANAL, but I expect there to be cases of this nature. If I were a woman seeking abortion, and a provider attempted to perform a medically unnecessary u/s, or withheld information from me, you bet I'd be making a complaint to the state medical board.

I hope the GOP War on Women(tm) comes back to bite them. I suspect a lot of women who were not especially politically active are now waking up to smell the witch-burning.

[delphipsmith]

Sure hope so, because this kind of craziness really has to stop. I'm glad to hear the docs are speaking up about this. I mean, what if a physician knows that his patient doesn't want children -- could he withhold the test results telling her she's pregnant until it's too late to have an abortion?? The mind boggles...