evening. can you tell us a little bit more about what prompted you to write that affidavit in support of the case to block louisiana s trigger ban? how did you get involved? listen, i ve spent my whole life, my adult professional life taking care of women. i ve, spent eight years with the medical school at the residency taken care of women and nest health takes care woman to see that the case where we cannot do what is right for our patients and the first time in my career where we have to watch women as dr. william so well described, during the time that the ban was in place, she watched a woman leader lose a leader of blood. women coming in with infections that we normally would be able to take care of. it s just unconscionable that, also i m a mother of three girls. i have nine year old twins and in my affidavit, i also wrote about the case of ten year old girl who was raped. you know there was a case in ohio that we heard about who girls are victim of incest, or raped, or we re g
dr. rebekah gee, former louisiana health secretary, expressed her profound concerns regarding lifesaving treatment for women. under the state s ban saying in part, quote, if doctors are not comfortable or able to anticipate the legal implications of their medical care or how they may be prosecuted for providing that health care, then they may not act according to their best medical judgment and training. fear of punishment aligns with lack of clarity and how this law will be enforced can lead to devastating consequences for louisiana women as well as moral distress for the clinicians who care for them and have taken the hippocratic oath to do no harm. joining us now is doctor rebekah gee, a practicing gynecologist and former louisiana department of health secretary. she is also the ceo and founder of nest health. doctor gee, thank you so much for joining us here this
Hospitals and doctors are struggling to toe the line between providing life-saving measures for women and wading into a legal gray area that’s emerged in the absence of abortion rights.
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