 This might be the most insane headline I've seen in Post-Roe America. This is from Vice News Woman may be forced to give birth to a headless baby because of an abortion ban. I mean This is now a thing in the United States of America. This is about a woman in Louisiana and Because of that state's abortion ban, even though she knows about a fatal fetal defect She might not be able to do anything about that It's insane. So let's get to the story here It was at her first ultrasound that Nancy Davis said she learned there was no way the baby about whom she'd once been so excited It would ever grow up It was an abnormal ultrasound and they noticed the top of the baby's head was missing and the skull was missing The top of the skull was missing Davis told local news outlet WA FB 9 in a story published Monday quote It's hard knowing that I'm carrying it to bury it. You know that I'm you know what I'm saying Yeah, I mean like if you're excited to become a mother and you find out that the fetus is Not going to survive. That's got to be absolutely Devastating I've talked about a lot of stories about women having miscarriages and these abortion bans are affecting them as well But now this pain that she's feeling knowing that she won't be a mother is Compounded by her state's absolute draconian abortion ban that is going to affect her So Davis said she was 10 weeks into her pregnancy at the time of her ultrasound But is unable to get an abortion in her home state of Louisiana Thanks to the state's near total ban on the procedure her only options She said are to either carry the pregnancy to term or go out of state for an abortion So she's 10 weeks into the pregnancy. So that's the options Carry around the baby for another seven and a half months or Go out of state like the problem with this out of state solution is that it's not necessarily a solution for everyone Because people don't have the money to travel that costs money You need resources to be able to travel and also it's incredibly inconvenient a lot of people don't like traveling I for one hate traveling. So to put women who are already going through a traumatic experience Through this it's just it's so cruel and these people who enact these laws and support politicians Who enact these laws? They have the audacity to call themselves pro-life when they subject mothers to things like this It's despicable In the week since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade Abortion access has flickered in the state as abortion rights supporters have fought to keep the procedure legal on Friday However, Louisiana Supreme Court ruled to let the state's near total abortion ban remain in effect Yeah, lovely the ban does not have exceptions for abortions in cases of rape or incest That in and of itself is insane and I just want to be a hundred percent clear here. These exceptions like They're not actually That great because even if you have these exceptions as we've learned with stories from Texas Doctors are still really apprehensive about doing procedures on women with miscarriages or even in the case of incest because You know, how do you prove that this was incest? How do you prove that? You know a woman had a miscarriage So they're so terrified about removing the dead fetus in these instances or the live fetus in the case of rape or incest That you know, they either don't do the procedure at all So therefore essentially eliminating the exception or they subject women to you know a huge marathon of things Okay, get an ultrasound Tomorrow and then get one a week from now get it from a different provider. So that way in the event They're accused of performing an abortion on a live fetus They kind of have some, you know evidence to support themselves in court But even if they had to defend themselves in court, that's very expensive. So it would bankrupt them. So these exceptions functionally They're useless in many instances. So, you know, it's disgusting that they don't even have exceptions for abortion in the cases in the cases of rape or incest But even in states that have them, it's not that much better. Sure, it exists and that's good But in the way that the law or the effect that the law is having on doctors and women It makes that exception, you know, effectively useless in many instances Abortions are now only permitted to prevent the death or substantial risk of death due to a physical condition or to prevent the serious permanent impairment of a life-sustaining organ of a pregnant woman Earlier this month the Louisiana Department of Health released a list of medical conditions That would make a pregnancy medically futile and clear the way for pregnant people to get an abortion. At the time medical professionals criticized the list as incomplete So, yeah, like this list is important but still There are issues with this because you have lawmakers who don't know what the fuck they're talking about trying to, you know Create laws about women's bodies when they're not women and they they don't know about women's anatomy They don't know about human anatomy like these are folks who had abstinence only education. So I don't even know if they know What sex is? So that's that's the people who's making these laws But either way Quote, I can already see things are missing on this. Dr. Rebecca G and OBGYN And the former Louisiana secretary of health told nola.com. I can name one and I've just looked at this list for 30 seconds Davis told wafb 9 that her pregnancy has been impacted by a condition known as acrania It is not explicitly mentioned on the department of health's list Although that list does include a broad exception for other types of anomalies as long as two physicians deem that anomaly valid So, you know, sure, there's an exception how reasonable but you have to make that woman jump through hoops She has to get two Opinions and let me remind you that in our country health care is very fucking expensive So I don't know if this woman lives in a more rural area, but perhaps she only has one doctor In her network that means she's going to have to go out of network and pay Much more money assuming she even has insurance so, you know Even if we had a universal health care system and any functioning health care system This would be unacceptable the fact that we don't have a functioning health care system It makes it that much more egregious Several other states have also now implemented abortion bans that include exemptions for medical emergencies But these bans often have deferring nuanced language that doctors have told vice news Fails to take into account the complexity of pregnancy and the medical conditions that can affect it These kinds of bans can leave doctors flailing unsure of what their legal risks are or how to care for patients in crisis And this is the problem. That's the reason why these exceptions are insufficient Because when you have these exceptions here Again, there's so much legal gray area. It's ill-defined doctors don't know what is and isn't permissible Or what might get them in hot water. We talked about how There was a teenager who is uh being pursued by her state's attorney general Because facebook gave her dms which contained evidence that she got an abortion on a live fetus and She told the cops that she had a miscarriage. Now that was actually a lie. She didn't have a miscarriage But the cop still decided to pursue her anyway So, you know in an instance where a woman claims that she Is the victim of incest I mean, what's to stop a cop from believing just saying oh, okay sure They could still pursue it the doctor who did that abortion in the case of incest Could still potentially have to defend themselves in court. It's a very draconian antiquated system And what it ultimately comes down to is um an effective wish hunt against women and doctors In 2022 in america, it's sickening davis who already has a child has refrained from taking a position on abortion Wafb9 reported she said she is now 13 weeks into her pregnancy I just want them to consider special circumstances as it relates to abortion medical programs Davis said like this is one that needs to be you know, what i'm saying in there Yeah, so at the time that I record this, we don't have any updates on what she was able to do It seems like she's kind of shut the shit out of luck unless she chooses to go out of state But she shouldn't have to go out of state. The fetus doesn't have a head There is a zero percent chance that fetus is going to survive But yet in her state because of its abortion laws nothing Really important point. Shade dragon heads up signal is encrypted if you need a secure messaging app use signal Yeah, really really important point and I just want to emphasize once again that if you are Communicating with people about abortion or your reproductive health Please do not do so online if you're going if you're going to do that use an app like signal That's encrypted do not use facebook messenger and really the more Safe thing that you could do I guess is talk to people in person Right talk to your doctor in person if you can't do that and I get that it's inconvenient But this is for your own protection And if you have a period tracking app, which a lot of people do because these are very popular Please delete that because that could one day be evidence used against you in the event you're accused Of getting an abortion on a live fetus so You know in this day in america and this age in america and post roe america We have to do everything in our power to protect women and that means we inform women And emphasize the need to take these kinds of precautions because you know when it comes down to You know stories like this this goes to show you how extreme we are and I can't show you because the ad is blocking it but You know when women Are potentially forced to give birth to headless fetuses Things aren't looking good