"The anesthesiologist cries on the phone when discussing the case with me -- if the patient needs to be intubated, no one thinks she will make it out of the OR [operating room]," the clinician said. Ultimately, they performed a dilation and curettage on the patient, who "miraculously" survived. Prior to Dobbs, the standard of care would have been to immediately offer the patient the option of a dilation and evacuation or induction termination.
Most of the narratives fell into nine categories:
Obstetric complications in the second trimester before fetal viability
Ectopic pregnancy
Underlying medical conditions that made continuing a pregnancy dangerous
Severe fetal anomalies and fetal compromise
Miscarriage
Extreme delays in obtaining abortion care
Intersection with the carceral system
Difficulty obtaining post-abortion care
Delays obtaining medical care unrelated to abortion
