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HIM_Darling t1_iuqvqso wrote

If you are in possession of a uterus make sure to specify that your wishes are the same if you are found to be pregnant. And be super specific. If I’m coma wishes are xyz, even if pregnant, if I’m vegetative state wishes are abc, even if pregnant, if declared brain dead wishes are xyz, even if pregnant, etc.

Texas has already tried that bullshit once. Woman was brain dead, and despite her wishes being not to remain on life support the hospital said that because she wasn’t pregnant at the time she made that decision and she didn’t specify that her wishes would be the same if she were pregnant they were going to pretend that she wanted her dead body to be used as an incubator. It took several months of her husband and her parents fighting the hospital in court before even the judge had enough of the hospitals bullshit and ordered them to check on the status of the fetus(they kept saying they couldn’t tell). Hospital finally had to admit the fetus was incompatible with life and the judge ordered them to take her off life support.

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GreyFoxLemonGrass t1_iusg9tq wrote

Wow, thank you for the heads up. What an awful thing to have to consider.

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