Post by 🦍MAXX＞ⓤ on Jun 30, 2023 17:13:34 GMT -5
Strict abortion laws are driving an exodus of women's health specialists
As a fetal surgeon, Dr. Alireza Shamshirsa's job is to give a fetus the best chance of life. Shamshirsa said he works to "push the envelope" to increase life expectancy and quality of life — but of course, as with any job, there are limitations.
"We can't fix everything, we can't do everything," Shamshirsa told Salon."In the cases that are complex, like fetal anomalies — the ones we know they will suffer for a lifetime — there is the option of termination."
In other cases, there's the possibility of "selective termination." Say there are identical twins — but one has a fetal anomaly, and a higher chance of passing away in the uterus. In this case,(especially if they are sharing the same placenta), if one twin passed away in the uterus, a sequence of events could kill the other twin. Or it could cause severe to moderate brain damage. In this scenario, selective termination might be the best course of action.
At the very least, termination of a pregnancy is an option that is often discussed in Shamshirsa's line of work, in the context of complex pregnancy cases — and it is often discussed as an option to save a life. But after a decade of working in Texas, the abortion restrictions became too much, as that option to terminate a pregnancy was taken away from these patients roughly a year ago.
www.yahoo.com/news/strict-abortion-laws-driving-exodus-185901120.html
As a fetal surgeon, Dr. Alireza Shamshirsa's job is to give a fetus the best chance of life. Shamshirsa said he works to "push the envelope" to increase life expectancy and quality of life — but of course, as with any job, there are limitations.
"We can't fix everything, we can't do everything," Shamshirsa told Salon."In the cases that are complex, like fetal anomalies — the ones we know they will suffer for a lifetime — there is the option of termination."
In other cases, there's the possibility of "selective termination." Say there are identical twins — but one has a fetal anomaly, and a higher chance of passing away in the uterus. In this case,(especially if they are sharing the same placenta), if one twin passed away in the uterus, a sequence of events could kill the other twin. Or it could cause severe to moderate brain damage. In this scenario, selective termination might be the best course of action.
At the very least, termination of a pregnancy is an option that is often discussed in Shamshirsa's line of work, in the context of complex pregnancy cases — and it is often discussed as an option to save a life. But after a decade of working in Texas, the abortion restrictions became too much, as that option to terminate a pregnancy was taken away from these patients roughly a year ago.
www.yahoo.com/news/strict-abortion-laws-driving-exodus-185901120.html