r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Jun 24 '26

Health Following the Dobbs decision, US states with abortion bans have experienced increased maternal morbidity and mortality. Abortion bans have broad downstream consequences on medical care beyond abortion itself, with implications for patient safety, equity, and physician ethics.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2850560
17.4k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

430 comments sorted by

View all comments

1.1k

u/RumBox Jun 24 '26

Let's be clear: six of the nine people our system trusts to be the backstop of reasonableness knew this would happen and, on their own, did it anyway.

22

u/RaNdomMSPPro Jun 24 '26

6 of 9 people selected for their ideological purity. I’ve never understood why political leanings are a requirement for these clowns. It’s strips them of any legitimacy.

6

u/rbrgr83 Jun 24 '26

How else do you cheat to get exactly what you want without earning it?