Girl Denied Life-Saving Medication After Abortion Law
A 14-year-old Tucson girl was denied a refill of a life-saving prescription drug she had been taking for years just two days after Arizona's new abortion law had taken effect. 14 year old Emma Thompson has debilitating rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis which has kept her in and out of the hospital for most of her life.
Another GQP success story.
To be fair, though, it should be noted that Arizona's new anti-abortion law may not have been the only reason this girl was denied a refill. The fact that she recently turned 14 may have had something to do with it.
I'm not familiar with the AZ law and not defending it, but there is more to this story. I started to share a personal story but decided not to do that. since folks here can be brutal. Suffice it to say my family has experience with methotrexate. Methotrexate is commonly prescribed to teenage boys for certain illnesses, but not to girls, because of side effects. Tor is incorrect, methotrexate, at high doses, is used to induce abortion, but at therapeutic doses for other conditions, it doesn't cause abortion, but can cause severe birth defects in pregnant girls p and women. In order for an adult woman to get an RX for methotrexate, a Dr. usually requires idiot proof, long term birth control, like an IUD or implant. Walgreens (and every other pharmacy in my area) will not fill a methotrexate RX for teen girls, because they can't be confident that teen girls are following birth control recommendations, and they aren't old enough to sign legal waivers. This dates back at least 5 years or more. This sucks, because the alternate drug given to girls instead of methotrexate is mercaptopurine, which causes lymphoma. What a tradeoff...
But the fact that women who need methotrexate are strongly advised, even required to be on long term birth control might just be all the more reason why fanatically religious, ultra-conservative politicians want to outlaw the drug for use by women because they also stupidly oppose the use of any type of contraceptive.
Republicans frequently pass laws written by extremist groups that are vague, poorly worded and misinformed. When real-world lawyers review them they determine that their company and employees/members/students/etc may be in violation of the law for certain actions that law makers don't even realize they may have outlawed.
In fairness, though, I can't say I know for sure that only Republican politicians are ever guilty of this.
Still, though, I think it likely true that:
Doctors only cut this treatment off for her because ignorant, hateful conservatives passed a law they don't understand. This should be nothing more than a decision between a patient, her family and her doctor.
No precept or claim is more suspect or more likely to be false than one that can only be supported by invoking the claim of Divine authority for it--no matter who or what claims such authority.