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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 02:26 PM Original message |
Health plan will prohibit abortions , but what about the famous D & C? |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
1. my friend had a D&C. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. I have no idea what percentage of d&cs are actually abortions, |
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tosh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I am backing up Critters2 on this one. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. And that was the OP's point. nt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You have a very cute dog, |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 02:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Agree, I too had a D&C - in fact several to stop long term bleeding. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:34 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. I agree Critters2 |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I hope you get good news. Mine was not endometrial cancer, |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Thank you. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. The OP did not imply or insinuate that they all are abortions. |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
23. I agree. |
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hannah (111 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. D&C |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:48 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Oh, dear. I'm so sorry, hannah. |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. I worked as a Surgical Tech when I was younger |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Abortion was not always legal. the time frame I referenced was 1950's & 60s |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Not if she or he wanted to keep that license to practice. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I had a D&C at my doctor's office. n/t |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. i remember the coat hanger from the 50's & 60's |
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Greybnk48 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
40. I missed your point. Sorry. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. People today forget that pregnancy tests took a longer time then and there were no ultrasounds |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. When did those home pregnancy tests come out, anyway? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I don't really know.. I never used one |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. according to NIH ..they got approval for ept in 1976 |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Thanks! And before that, women who got pregnant |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. or wait until nothing fit anymore |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. The point the OP was trying to make is that because the |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Bingo.. you got it.. |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. "In the 50's when a 30 yr old woman with 4 kids had a D & C, her close friends knew what was up" |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. +1 |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I'm confused now because the term was more or less synonymous |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. An abortion may be done via D&C but all D&C's are not or were not abortions. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. That's right. And the OP nor I have said they are one and the same. |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #28 |
35. OP states that female troubles went away after abortion became legal. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. A quarter of those "troubles" did go away after abortion became legal |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. When it was illegal, it was just a code used by some women who had had abortions. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. We'd do better to attend to safe legal abortions than to tongue waggers. n/t |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You mean the ones that won't be funded under some health care proposals? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Yup. And so, the OP pointing out that D&Cs may be |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. But as I stated in a different reply, more likely what will happen is that D&C will be restricted |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Abortion is already disallowed. Can't be paid for with federal funds, |
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Blue Diadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. Haven't we all marveled at how quickly "female troubles" went away after abortion was legal? |
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Jazzgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. Interesting that you would bring up D&C's. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:33 PM Original message |
I really don't understand all the hostility on this thread |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. surprised me too |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I had an abortion when I was 16. But first, I had to find a doctor |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. hers was March 15, 1968 |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Mine was only a few years later, in '71. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
50. You've just articulated why D&C won't be covered if the same cretins get their way . |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. Miscarriages are quite common and D & C's are necessary about 50% of the time after a miscarriage. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. That's right. Miscarriages are much more common than most people realize. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. until the "minute-after" test kits came out |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I always knew a minute after anyway because that's when |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. whaddaman.. he made you sick to your stomach |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-22-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
37. D & X helps to get pregnant, so my Mom told me, she had some trouble |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-23-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #37 |
55. D&C is "dilation and curettage". |
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