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Sunday, September 29, 2002Gloria Feldt, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said: "This regulation is ridiculous. It elevates the status of the fetus above that of the woman. It does not provide prenatal care to the woman in whose body the fetus resides. It makes the fetus eligible for prenatal care, but treats the woman as a mere vessel, an incubator. By what twisted logic is providing healthcare to a pregnant woman the same as treating her as a vessel? Prenatal care benefits the mother by far more than it benefits the baby. Women without prenatal care are much more likely to have seizures from undiagnosed pre-eclampsia, much more likely to give birth to huge, pelvic damaging babies because of undiagnosed gestational diabetes, and much more likely to have fatal complications from undiagnosed misplaced placentas. To claim that offering them prenatal care is akin to putting their babies’ health above theirs is just downright ridiculous. posted by Sydney on 9/29/2002 08:21:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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