Divemedic

Lies

The left is claiming that a woman who died after she elected to get an abortion is the fault of Republicans. Amber Thurman died while she was getting an emergency D&C that was needed because she took an abortion pill and had a reaction that caused a large amount of hemorrhaging. The timeline is telling:

Thurman discovered she was pregnant with twins in the summer of 2022. She made the decision to kill her unborn child after she had moved out of her family’s home into a gated apartment complex and had plans to enroll in nursing school. A child would have spoiled those plans, so the most convenient thing that she could do was kill the inconvenience.

Thurman had wanted a surgical abortion in her home state, but at nine weeks she sought care at a clinic in North Carolina. The clinic gave her mifepristone and misoprostol, otherwise known as an “abortion pill.”

After taking the pills, Thurman experienced cramping, but her condition worsened over several days with vomiting and heavy bleeding. She was transported to Piedmont Henry Hospital in Stockbridge, Georgia, on the evening of August 18, where doctors discovered she had not expelled all the fetal tissue from her body.

She died during the surgery that followed. Georgia’s maternal mortality review committee, which includes 10 doctors, concluded that there was a “good chance” that Thurman’s death could likely have been prevented if the D&C had been provided earlier.

Maybe, but then again, maybe not. There is no way to be certain. What caused this woman’s death is not a delay in surgical intervention. What caused her death is that she took an abortion pill, but that doesn’t fit the narrative that the left wants to portray.

About a year ago, I had something similar happen when a woman who had taken an abortion pill came in complaining of vaginal bleeding at two in the morning. Over the next hour, I had to give her 2 liters of saline, a unit of fresh frozen plasma, four units of packed red blood cells, and a unit of platelets. All together, that adds up to about 4 liters of fluids- or roughly her entire blood volume. That’s when the on call surgical team came in and took her for her emergency D&C.

There is a price to pay for taking these drugs, and they are much higher risk than the left wants you to believe that they are.

By Divemedic, ago

Access Issues

For the past 36 hours or so, I could not access the blog’s admin pages. I could access the website as a viewer, I could access the server. As near as I can tell, all of the other websites hosted here on this server were functioning.

Looking at the server, we were not experiencing a large amount of traffic, so this wasn’t a DDOS attack. Still, every time I tried to log in, I got an error saying that my database was missing. I logged in to the server last night, intending to restore the site from a backup, and it was working again.

Odd, that.

By Divemedic, ago

The Battle of the Courts

We are in a situation where the courts are divided along ideological lines. In a continuation of yesterday’s post, we see that a judge in Nort Dakota has declared that, since the state constitution was established to ensure life, liberty, and happiness, women have a constitutional right to kill their unborn children, if that is what makes them happy.

So again, why can’t that same logic be used as an excuse to own artillery pieces, kill people that you don’t like, or use LSD while driving down the highway, if that is what makes you happy?

It is my opinion that judges walk into the court room with a preconceived idea as to how they want to decide the case, and then twist the law and the constitution to fit that view.

By Divemedic, ago

Make This Make Sense

The Ninth Circuit made this ruling on so called “sensitive places” where states can prohibit firearms:

  • Parks, athletic facilities and similar areas. Gun bans there are likely constitutional.
  • Playgrounds and youth centers. Gun bans there are likely constitutional.
  • Bars and restaurants that serve alcohol. Gun bans there are likely constitutional.
  • Places of amusement, including casinos, stadiums, amusement parks, zoos, museums and libraries. Gun bans there are likely constitutional.
  • Parking areas connected to certain sensitive places. Gun bans there are likely constitutional.
  • The private-property default rule. Hawaii’s rule banning guns on private property unless the owner gives consent orally, in writing or on a sign is likely constitutional.
  • Places of worship. State-mandated gun bans there are likely unconstitutional, but nothing prevents the owner or operator from banning firearms.
  • Gatherings that require a permit. Gun bans there are likely unconstitutional.
  • Financial institutions. State-mandated gun bans there are likely unconstitutional, but nothing prevents the owner or operator from banning firearms.
  • Hospitals and other medical facilities. State-mandated gun bans there are likely unconstitutional, but nothing prevents the owner or operator from banning firearms.
  • Public transit. A broad ban on carrying guns on public transit is likely unconstitutional, but a narrower law allowing the carrying of unloaded and secured firearms would likely be constitutional.

It’s a Mish mash. It isn’t even consistent. Where in the Constitution is this even found? Where in the history and tradition of the country was there a ban on weapons in bard? Casinos? But not hospitals, churches, or banks?

If you argue that schools are sensitive places and rights can be suspended to protect children, then why not suspend the First Amendment there and disallow faggotry?

Our courts are just as partisan and divided as the citizens. It’s long past time to admit that this nation is too large and varied for one set of rules to work for everyone.

By Divemedic, ago