“With the current law in place, I will tell you, I wake up fearful of my pregnancy and what it would mean for my children, my husband and my parents if something happened to me and the doctor cannot perform lifesaving measures,” she told her fellow lawmakers last February, her voice faltering as tears threatened.
Rehfeldt was a stroke survivor and her pregnancy put her at high risk for blood clots and heart issues that could kill her. The state’s ban made abortion a felony unless it was “necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant female.” If Rehfeldt developed complications, doctors told her, the law didn’t make clear how close to death she needed to be before they could act.
“When can a doctor intervene? Do I need to have my brain so oxygen-deprived to the point that I am nonfunctional?” she asked the room.
Far right loonies are just making the case to have Roe reinstated that much simpler. Thanks, morons.
Unfortunately, despite Roe’s popularity, we still need a mechanism to reinstate it. At the state level, we have seen Republicans so their damnedest to prevent that possibility (killing ballot initiatives and making amendments harder). And at the federal level, it is not going to happen unless we get a legitimate Supreme Court.