Not wanting to bend an abortion opinion one way or another, I simply found this very interesting and wanted to gather a few more people's insights. The very thought that a doctor can give certain kinds of medical care at the push of a button, by remote control, astounds me, abortion or no. So long as it's done with enough background information, I think anything that provides greater accessibility to care is a great thing.
[SIZE="4"]Bill targets remote abortions[/SIZE]
LINCOLN — A bill introduced Tuesday in the Nebraska Legislature sets the stage for this year’s major abortion debate.
Legislative Bill 521 would block Nebraska abortion providers from duplicating an Iowa program that makes drug-induced abortions available in rural areas.
In Iowa, a woman can go to one of 16 Planned Parenthood clinics, get a pregnancy test, undergo an ultrasound and be examined by a nurse. The patient then talks with a doctor via a private computer network connection.
The doctor, after reviewing the woman’s medical records and talking with her, can remotely open a container to provide her with pills. The process is similar to what would occur if a woman saw a doctor in person for a drug-induced abortion.
Two drugs — mifepristone and misoprostol — are combined to cause abortion during the first nine weeks of pregnancy.
The bill would require that a doctor be in the same room as a woman to administer the abortion-inducing drugs.
I think this would be a right way to go :) I agree it is a way to provide mediacal are in area's where there else would be too little. As long as there still are well-skilled nurses/doctors at the place the patient is. Just in case something goes wrong. They should not 'cut' that out of the budget!
Funny detail would be that from 6 weeks of pregnancy (calculated from the first day of the last menstruation) in Holland it is obligated to take time to reconsider for 5 days before you can have the actual abortion done (by pill or other ways, depending on how far along the pregnancy is and preference by the patient). But I guess no such rules apply here?
You are looking at the future of medicine. Given the proper information (medical history and current lab results) many problems can be treated in this manner. MRIs are read in another country; lab results lead to a diagnosis at another clinic. This is simply a specific application.
The drugs you describe are known as RU486 in some countries and simply mifepristone or, simply, mife elsewhere. If a woman sees the doctor in a clinic, the drugs would be administered under medical supervision, usually a nurse, but not necessarily a doctor. No difference here.
Rural medicine will become more and more tech based. In some cases a nurse practicioner with a cell phone will be able to perform many of the procedures that now require transportation.
Given the increasing costs of health care and the decreasing numbers of doctors avaliable in this area of medical practice, I believe that this "remote medicine" is the correct way to go.
Red, this is where you get into the confusion of "every state has its own laws". Some regulate abortion by legislating that if Pregnant Mommy is under a certain age, her parent or guardian must be notified. Some don't allow after a certain gestation length.
And then, of course, you have all those advocating for all the changes in law. Age limits, gestation limits, methods, I'm sure waiting periods have been tossed around. Some want to mandate that Pregnant Mommy see and hear the ultrasound and receive information on adoption and parenting before the procedure can be done (I say 'want to', because while I've heard it discussed, I'm not sure if that's actively in place in any state as of yet). The religious right wing (in general-I'm sure some may not feel this way) wants to not only limit abortion, but wants a Constitutional Amendment doing so. Some want it completely outlawed, even in cases where the pregnancy threatens the life of mother, fetus, or both. (Many of those folks who cite a religious basis for their argument also disbelieve in condoms or other forms of birth control.)
Meanwhile, back at the ranch.....T and I were discussing this the other day. He said he agrees with the rural access thing, but that his concern would be the possibility of hacking the electronic container. For example, Dr. says no because the drugs are unsafe for that particular patient--allergy, drug interaction, whatever--the patient disregards that and finds a way to break into it, then who's held responsible for the adverse medical outcome?
In such a case, hacking, the patient who hacked would be responsible for all outcomes - adverse or not.
I had to have an abortion at 20 weeks pregnant.I say had because the doctor gave me no choice.My son had a severe genetic abnormality(neural tube defect)and i was given a pill to induce birth.Before this i was anti abortion,i was of the opinion that if you tangoed you were responsible for the consequences,except in cases of rape.But when i had to face this dilemma my whole opinion changed.My son had no chance of life,and i wasn't given a choice,i was told it was what i had to do.I was in shock and couldn't even process everything in my mind.My husband even blamed me for our son's death.How can abortion be outlawed in cases such as mine or when the mothers life is in danger.It is absolute lunacy in my opinion for this to occur.
Yes, there are those who would force you to go through with the 9 months of pregnancy knowing that what awaits the child is a coffin, not a crib. They'll tell you that "It is God's will that you suffer." To which I would say - CRUELTY is never acceptable.
My GP told me that it wasn't my fault that my son was not able to survive.Try telling my husband that,he wanted me to carry our son full term.We already had 2 yr old twins and i would not have been able to cope,especially knowing that i would not be crying tears of joy after he was born.I had thought that my son's condition was my fault anyway as i was in denial for the first three months of pregnancy,and wished for a miscarriage every day.The reason for this being that i wasn't ready for another baby.I was suffering undiagnosed postnatal depression,and my husband forced my pregnancy by hiding my birth control pills and poking holes in the condoms.It's been almost 15yrs since i aborted my son and i think about him every day.My heart cries tears of sadness for him,and there are people who want to punish me,for what i did.I think i have punished myself enough already.
I think you have suffered enough so forgive yourself, divorce that louse you call your husband, and move on with your life.
Yes,you are right EEK it's time to start over