Yes, but the state can be immune to an extent… Funny thing how states get to set their tort liability.

Me too! So excited!

Thanks, Ally!!

Can't wait to see you, Maya!

Great phrase to also inflict a little trauma for some people who have experienced pregnancy loss…

Anger at the calls to ban "late" abortion b/c of fetal pain, yet no concern for the 10K+ stillbirths after 28 weeks that actually could involve fetal pain.

The hypocrisies are thick and hurtful -- and should undermine the state's ability to ban abortion in the name of protecting fetal life. /end

This has been in my head since my son's stillbirth. Anger that I've never seen a yard sign asking for prayers to end preventable stillbirth. Anger at the TX legis doing everything it can to prevent abortion at 6 weeks, but nothing to prevent stillbirth at 37 weeks. 4/

The hypocrisies aren't resolvable. Some stillbirths are preventable, and the choice to not attempt to prevent those stillbirths is intentional. I argue that the hypocrisies should be used to challenge abortion bans -- the type of creative arguments needed post Dobbs. 3/

The piece seeks to undermine the antiabortion interest in protecting fetal life -- because antis care not at all about non-abortion fetal death. States like MS, AL, and AR quickly banned abortion to protect fetal life. Yet they consistently have the highest stillbirth rates in the US. 2/

I meant to ask how you were doing after that not great Philly sports night...