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Woman says she carried dead fetus for 2 weeks after Texas abortion ban
Washington Post ^ | 7/20/22 | Timothy Bella

Posted on 07/21/2022 4:45:40 PM PDT by Callahan

After she was told last year that the fetus did not have a heartbeat and she no longer had a viable pregnancy, the Texas woman asked her doctor to perform a dilation and curettage, or D and C — a standard procedure to remove the fetus following a miscarriage to help prevent infection or long-term health problems. Stell had the procedure after her first miscarriage in 2018 in Washington state, when she felt so much pain that she could not walk, and she wanted to go through with it again before trying again for a second child, she told The Washington Post.

But Stell was even more devastated to learn that because the procedure is also used during abortions, which a Texas law had greatly restricted, the doctor did not want to perform a D and C. Stell would be forced to carry her dead fetus for two weeks before she could find a provider to give her the medical intervention that physicians had denied her.

“My doctor had said that since the heartbeat bill had just passed, she didn’t want me to do a D and C. And she asked that I try to miscarry at home,” said Stell, 42, of Conroe, Tex. “It just was emotionally difficult walking around, knowing that I had a dead fetus inside.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abortion; miscarriage
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1 posted on 07/21/2022 4:45:40 PM PDT by Callahan
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If the fetus is already dead, then the procedure to remove it is NOT an abortion.


2 posted on 07/21/2022 4:46:48 PM PDT by HandBasketHell
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She either had a monumentally stupid doctor or isn’t telling the truth.


3 posted on 07/21/2022 4:47:39 PM PDT by SuzyQue
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To: Callahan

No one is stopping this woman from moving to the Californian hell hole at once! Permanently!


4 posted on 07/21/2022 4:48:00 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Callahan

Liar


5 posted on 07/21/2022 4:48:41 PM PDT by cyclotic (Follow 1776Restorationmovent.com fighting for our Constitution. @1776RM on Truth)
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To: Callahan

She needed to see a different doctor. A D&C on a miscarriage is not an abortion. I’ve had 2 D&C’s after miscarriage. My obgyn did not do abortions.


6 posted on 07/21/2022 4:49:37 PM PDT by Halls (Christian, Conservative, Proud Texan, Patriot, 100% Pro Life!)
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To: Callahan

Didn’t her arms get tired?


7 posted on 07/21/2022 4:50:34 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Vote Democrat and stay on the plantation!)
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To: Callahan

Propaganda…yawn


8 posted on 07/21/2022 4:53:29 PM PDT by mikelets456
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To: Callahan

Just another commie liar.


9 posted on 07/21/2022 4:53:43 PM PDT by ChuckHam
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To: Callahan

She’s lying her ass off.


10 posted on 07/21/2022 4:55:06 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: Callahan

Liar. She would have bees sick a shit after the first week.


11 posted on 07/21/2022 4:55:12 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (The Reset is real…)
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To: Callahan

bull


12 posted on 07/21/2022 5:00:45 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: Callahan

Oh no! Emotions are hard! I had 4 miscarriages, all before 8 weeks. The fetuses were dead at least a week before I realized it. I survived. 🤣


13 posted on 07/21/2022 5:08:59 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Let’s Go, Brandon! )
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To: Callahan

My mother carried my dead twin for 9 months. It is not new or novel.


14 posted on 07/21/2022 5:10:15 PM PDT by pfflier
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Sepsis begins within days after a fetus dies within the womb.
The fetus begins decaying and forming poisons within the body of the woman.
See: https://www.ibtimes.com/pregnant-woman-dies-after-being-forced-carry-dead-fetus-womb-seven-days-3384536
The question is whether this woman is lying.


15 posted on 07/21/2022 5:12:07 PM PDT by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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To: Callahan

Sepsis begins within days after a fetus dies within the womb.
The fetus begins decaying and forming poisons within the body of the woman.
See: https://www.ibtimes.com/pregnant-woman-dies-after-being-forced-carry-dead-fetus-womb-seven-days-3384536
See Also:
https://www.reference.com/world-view/happens-dead-fetus-left-inside-mother-s-womb-484c26c44318a437
The question is whether this woman is lying.


16 posted on 07/21/2022 5:13:56 PM PDT by Doc91678 (Doc91678)
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To: Callahan

I suspect there is more to this story than we are being told.


17 posted on 07/21/2022 5:18:01 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: HandBasketHell

EVERY BS SENSOR in my being is at full vibration! If, by the most remote chance this is actually true, then she has an indisputable case of malpractice against her Dr!


18 posted on 07/21/2022 5:19:48 PM PDT by TigerHawk (The Raised Middle Finger in the Clenched Fist of the World!)
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To: Callahan

This is not likely to be true at all-if the fetus has died, then the removal is NOT an abortion-it is in the same category as removing an ectopic pregnancy-either one will be fatal to the woman if not removed...


19 posted on 07/21/2022 5:28:44 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: SuzyQue

I think she’s lying. No doctor would be that stupid. If she really was, this chick has a malpractice case.


20 posted on 07/21/2022 5:29:37 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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