Argentinian abortion campaigner dies during legal abortion | Gript

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Argentinian abortion campaigner dies during legal abortion | Gript

> Maria de Valle Gonzalez Lopez (23) died during a legal abortion procedure after the country overturned its abortion ban on December 30th 2020.

> A young Argentinian woman has died during an abortion only months after the country legalised the procedure.

> The April 11 death of María del Valle Gonzalez Lopez occurred after she was given an abortion pill in the Arturo Illia hospital in La Paz on April 7.

> “There she was prescribed a medication – presumably misoprostol – and on Friday she began to feel ill. She was referred to the main healthcare facility in the eastern area of Mendoza, Perrupato Hospital, where they diagnosed a general infection that may have caused her death,” Clarín newpaper reported.

> Misoprostol causes the unborn baby to be starved of nutrients, but can also cause hypovolemic shock and heavy bleeding in certain circumstances, whilst the dilation and curettage (D&C) equipment used to dismember and extract the baby can also cause infection if not sterilized properly.

> Any remaining parts of the unborn baby that are left in the womb can also lead to serious infections.

> Argentine surgeon Dr. Luis Durand said the procedure is “not truly safe…and is not a medical act, regardless of whether it’s legal or not.”

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[–]jet199 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Is really annoying that the culture war over abortion means that feminists can't debate where it might be bad for women at all.

I've had one rad fem argue with me on here that the position should be no strings abortions for all, for any reason and anything thing else is evil. So I asked her if she supported women choosing sex selective abortions and she didn't get back to me. It's funny because rad fems are highly critical of "choice feminism" in literally every other area.

If the debate was taken or of the extremes we'd be able to talk about things like whether some methods of abortion are worse for women's health than others and make women's live better. I mean another think feminists go on about is how damaging the contraceptive pill can be, these abortion pills mess with your hormones in much the same way. Why assume there's no problems with one when you know full well there's problems with the other?

[–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

🙂

[–]_XEAL_ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

What kind of shitty abortion was that?

Other methods just physically remove the fetus.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In the early stages there's no point giving a woman an operation (which are always risky due to the anaesthetic) it's just a lump of cells at that point.