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2022 - 10 - 21

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McDowell grad, OB-GYN: The real-life consequences of the fall of Roe (GoErie.com)

The bottom line is this: To keep pregnant people safe in Pennsylvania and across the country, we need keep abortion legal.

Do not make me choose between being arrested for a felony and losing my medical license and saving the life of a woman, or girl, or her reproductive organs. And we can ensure that doctors like me will never have to choose between saving a patient's life and breaking the law I would not legally be allowed to perform the procedure that I know would save Jennifer's life before she reaches that peril and then she will likely lose her fallopian tube at the least. But, similar to the first example, if the fetus still has a heartbeat and termination of pregnancy is outlawed, then my hands are legally tied until she is on the brink of compromise of her life. I’d be delayed in the ability to perform a D and E (dilation and evacuation), the procedure that would save Caroline's life, because it would be considered a termination of pregnancy — an abortion. If this legislation is passed in Pennsylvania or nationally, I would be legally barred from treating patients in clinical scenarios that are urgent and obstetric emergencies, like miscarriage until they were deemed “life-threatening” enough to intervene with the standard of care medical procedure.

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Federal and state authorities investigate a data breach at ... (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Pate told patients in her letter that after learning about the security breach, supervisors suspended the employee and launched an internal investigation “to ...

Pate told patients in her letter that after learning about the security breach, supervisors suspended the employee and launched an internal investigation “to determine what patient information may have been saved by this individual without authorization.” On Sept. Hamerstone said many patients don’t look at medical service statements that come in the mail, although they should. “There’s only so much you can do with a credit card before it gets flagged and shutdown,” Hamerstone said. 10 letter sent to affected patients and obtained by The Inquirer. The civil investigation probe is in its early stages and the employee’s motive remains unclear, authorities said. Department of Health and Human Services and the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.

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