John,
Yesterday, an appeals court ruled that Texas can ban emergency abortions despite federal guidance requiring hospitals and their physicians, including emergency physicians, to perform abortions if necessary to stabilize emergency department patients.
Read that again… “if necessary to stabilize emergency department patients.”
This decision will cost lives. Emergency abortions are time-sensitive and necessary health care. As an emergency physician, I have seen this first hand. I have delivered babies and told women they have lost their pregnancies. I saw it when a patient came into my emergency department and almost died after a back alley abortion.
Nearly two years ago, the US Supreme Court threw out Roe v Wade, putting the lives of millions of women at risk - and since then women’s reproductive health care rights have continued to be attacked across the country. This has been aided and abetted by anti-choice elected officials passing draconian anti-choice laws and nominating and confirming anti-choice judges.
Elections have consequences. The only thing standing between Pennsylvanians and these horrific realities is the one-vote Democratic majority in the State House.
As a physician-legislator, I will always stand up to preserve this care - can you stand with me by donating to my reelection campaign?
Sincerely,
Rep. Arvind Venkat, MD
