How Politicians Force Doctors to Lie to Women - Rolling Stone
On Tuesday, the Texas Senate advanced a bill that would enable doctors to lie to pregnant patients about fetal deformities in order to coercively dissuade them from choosing to have an abortion. Specifically, SB 25 eliminates withholding information regarding fetal health as a cause of action in so-called “wrongful birth” lawsuits, which prevents parents from pursuing financial damages.
Republican Sen. Brandon Creighton, the bill’s author, has repeatedly noted that the legislation sends “a message.”“Senate Bill 25 will send a message that Texas does not believe that a life, in and of itself, is an injury in which parents need a damage payment,” Creighton told CNN earlier this month.
To advocates for women’s health, the message is different: that pregnant women can’t necessarily trust their doctors.
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