Pregnant teen dies after abortion ban delays her chemo treatment for leukemia - CNN.com
The mother of a pregnant leukemia patient who died after her chemotherapy was delayed over anti- abortion laws is accusing doctors of not putting her daughter’s health first.
The 16-year-old’s plight attracted worldwide attention after she had to wait for chemotherapy because of an abortion ban in the Dominican Republic.
Doctors were hesitant to give her chemotherapy because such treatment could terminate the pregnancy — a violation of the Dominican Constitution, which bans abortion. Some 20 days after she was admitted to the hospital, she finally started receiving treatment.
She died Friday, a hospital official said.
And she probably would not have gotten any treatment if the Internets and women’s groups had not picked up the story. But this is the outcome too many anti-choice advocates and legislators (including Paul Ryan) want for the U.S. Sickening.
Notes
-
britt-ish reblogged this from finalprocrastinator
-
benamas likes this
-
lonestargreat reblogged this from zackittyelps
-
paws likes this
-
allmyfriendsarehomogay likes this
-
babyxpuncher likes this
-
pyrathepyro reblogged this from psynard
-
whatsortoffuckeryisthis reblogged this from psynard
-
whatsortoffuckeryisthis likes this
-
psynard reblogged this from relic-song
-
finalprocrastinator reblogged this from firegrowshigher
-
firegrowshigher reblogged this from marshmallowvodka
-
linesofnines reblogged this from marshmallowvodka
-
linesofnines likes this
-
phbflknr likes this
-
marshmallowvodka reblogged this from peroxxide
-
peroxxide reblogged this from touchmeordont
-
touchmeordont reblogged this from seawaterstings
-
touchmeordont likes this
-
sweet-sidhe reblogged this from hardhatpartycat
-
sweet-sidhe likes this
-
hardhatpartycat reblogged this from zackittyelps
-
zackittyelps reblogged this from sarahlee310
-
sw33ts0ul reblogged this from seawaterstings
-
seawaterstings reblogged this from jjarichardson and added:
Fucking cough.
-
jjarichardson reblogged this from other-stuff
-
jjarichardson likes this
-
fuckitforgendry reblogged this from mindlesspause
-
mindlesspause reblogged this from aura218
-
aura218 reblogged this from mquester
-
im-secretly-javert reblogged this from recall-all-republicans
-
im-secretly-javert likes this
-
recall-all-republicans reblogged this from silas216
-
recall-all-republicans likes this
-
silas216 reblogged this from sarahlee310
-
silas216 likes this
-
falconholm reblogged this from fudgesmonkey
-
falconholm likes this
-
fudgesmonkey reblogged this from sarahlee310
-
sometimesemilyhasadventures reblogged this from tuckertiayra
-
sometimesemilyhasadventures likes this
-
tuckertiayra reblogged this from mquester
-
pansexual-pixie reblogged this from other-stuff
-
theriverwanders reblogged this from other-stuff
-
dkyubey likes this
-
other-stuff reblogged this from sarahlee310
-
alice44 likes this
-
clockworkjerk reblogged this from mquester
-
derpdreamer reblogged this from mquester and added:
Shame on those doctors. They should lose their license to practice for letting her die. Obviously they care too much...
-
aid--visual--ruin likes this
- Show more notes
