I am disgusted by what Fox news and all the hate media they spawned more than Trump......Trump is the result of Fox and co. throwing integrity and truth in the toilet for profit......Murdoch and co knew from the get go that a large percentage of Americans were raised in ignorance and prejudice and religious bigotry and without the resources or the desire to pursue education......they used it to become gazillionaires and in the process polarized the nation more than since the Civil War.....and I am more disgusted with evangelical Christianity of which I was raised in and its blatant use of Jesus Christ for not only political power but for outright hatred.....
Long, fact filled article reads like a description of an anti democratic death cult
Following the oral arguments in Dobbs this past December, we began asking public health and women’s health experts from Emory, the University of Georgia, and Morehouse School of Medicine to weigh in on the broader ramifications of a Roe v. Wade reversal in the state. Here are some of the...
Experts warn of harmful public health consequences in Georgia if Roe is overturned
Enacting severe restrictions on abortion access—as Georgia will likely do if Roe v. Wade is overturned—could increase maternal mortality rates, worsen the existing crisis of a lack of OB-GYNs in the state, increase economic strain on families, and more
BY
GRAY CHAPMAN
-MAY 5, 2022
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A draft opinion that suggests the U.S. Supreme Court is ready to strike down Roe v. Wade could herald seismic political and legal changes in Georgia if the landmark 1973 decision is overturned.
"An Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll
in January showed about 68% of Georgia voters
opposed overturning the Roe case, which has guaranteed the right to an abortion for nearly a half-century. In a 2019 poll,
voters were more closely split on whether they backed the restrictive state law."
"....
The already-severe, statewide OB-GYN shortage could reach a crisis level
In 2019, opponents of the “heartbeat bill” included
physicians and medical students, who cited the state’s healthcare provider shortage, especially among OB-GYNs.
Currently, half of the counties in the state do not have an obstetrics provider at all.
“We have a severe OB-GYN shortage that seems like it’s only going to get worse,” Swartzendruber says. She adds that Georgia already struggles with retaining its medical school students and resident trainees. Legislative restrictions that limit a provider’s ability to care for their patients would only exacerbate that shortage, she believes. “And that will be felt probably
most heavily in rural areas and among communities that already have limited or harder access to healthcare services.”
Economic strains on Georgia families could worsen
..
“We know that people who are denied wanted abortions, compared to people who are given the care they wanted, have worse economic outcomes,” Swartzendruber says, including higher likelihood of household poverty, unemployment, lower credit scores, higher debt, and an inability to cover basic living expenses for their household.
In 2017, more than a third of Georgia households were headed by single mothers.
“Many people who get abortions already have children,” Swartzendruber adds. “They’re choosing abortion because it isn’t the right time, or they’re seeking to better care for the children they already have, or because of their economic situation. So, thinking about the implications for those children and households as well . . . I think that is an often overlooked point.”
Dr. Danielle Lambert, a UGA College of Public Health researcher and assistant professor, points out another critical missing safety net: Georgia has not expanded Medicaid, creating a coverage gap that makes it difficult and expensive for thousands of people to access healthcare. “We have pretty high rates of uninsured individuals in Georgia, so thinking about how people are going to get access to healthcare . . . there are a lot of obstacles,” she says. (Earlier this year, lawmakers did extend the window of pregnancy Medicaid coverage from six months postpartum to twelve.)