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Pregnant Woman in Tennessee Denied Care for Being Unmarried (wellsrachelm.substack.com)
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Last night at a town hall in Jonesborough, Tennessee, a woman shared her story: she was denied prenatal care by her OB-GYN because the doctor objected to the fact that she isn’t married. She’s been with her partner for 15 years and has a 13-year-old son.

The doctor told her that because she was unwed, they didn’t feel comfortable treating her because it went against their “Christian values.”

Now, she’s traveling out of state to Virginia to receive prenatal care.

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[–] 11 points 1 year ago (8 children)

On one hand. People in rural areas don't have a lot of options for doctors.
On the other, you don't really want care from a doctor who doesn't think you should be getting it, and has to be forced.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    And so the doctor should lose the license and be prosecuted.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

    Which might leave an area without any doctor at all.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

    Good. Let them drown in their medical (edit: school) debt.

    If there were consequences for refusing care, then fewer hateful bigots would apply, and more of the highly competitive spots in medical training programs would go to better prospective doctors.

    There can be no tolerance for intolerance in a just society.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (4 children)

    Who's drowning in medical debt? The patients that'll die on their 4+ hour drive to the nearest doctor, because you took away their bigot of a doctor without having a replacement? How many deaths would be acceptable sacrifices to get rid of one bigot? Seriously what would the number be?

    Or do you mean medical school debt? I hope you mean medical school debt.

    Obviously the least damaging option, would be keeping the bigot in place until someone else can step into the role.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    "there aren't enough doctors, so we should accept bigotry" is not a convincing argument. Too "whataboutism" for me.

    You're not wrong that medical care scarcity is a real issue, but what if we just work to solve BOTH problems?

    Edit; a letter, a word

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