I made such a rookie mistake. I was in a hotel room in Ohio five days before the presidential election, and I turned the TV on. MSNBC and CNN went on about the “fascist,” “barbaric” Donald Trump, and Fox News seemed to be in another world.
CNN and MSNBC reported harrowing stories about women in states with post–Roe v. Wade abortion restrictions. A man talked about how his wife almost died in Texas. A woman from Georgia spoke with Mika Brzezinski about how her baby was dying two weeks before its expected delivery and doctors delayed intervention because they were afraid of possible prosecution. She said the fetus was being prioritized over her and that the protocol was to ignore her needs even though she had a blood clot the size of a dinner plate. Assuming I understand the situation correctly, she should have been treated immediately. Treatment for a miscarriage is not abortion. The woman might have been making the case for a vote for Kamala Harris, but she spoke about the baby boy she had lost. It was raw honesty. We need more of that if we hope to make any progress on some of the hardest issues we face.
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