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My wife was denied medical care in Texas because she might be pregnant. There was no reason to think she might be, but they still wouldn't perform her mammogram, which was scheduled to follow up on a lump she found.
She ended up taking a pregnancy test in a Whataburger bathroom near the doctor's office. That's the state of medical care in Texas for women.
And what if she just lies? This is more or less true for me: I have an IUD that has more or less ended my periods. Whenever they ask me for a last period I just say I don't have one and that I am not pregnant. I do not entertain any of their speculation. If you have no intention of remaining pregnant, it's a good enough answer.
I am skeptical of your story because I don't think any medical facility would accept the result of a pregnancy test not administered by a medical professional.
Well it happened.
You're right they wouldn't have accepted the results. They called her while she was taking the pregnancy test to tell her not to bother, because it wouldn't be accurate enough anyway.
She was going to fight them on it, but the test was positive. So she just came home instead.
Her regular doctor said she wasn't going to recommend that facility anymore, because the whole thing is fucked up regardless of the outcome.
Even though mammograms are generally considered safe during pregnancy, her doctor just did an ultrasound instead. I believe that's because the doctor wasn't that worried about the lump, otherwise she'd have gotten the mammogram.
I didn't mention all that other stuff in my original comment because I don't want to distract from how fucked up it is that they treated her that way. It doesn't matter whether she was actually pregnant, or even if mammograms are considered unsafe for pregnant women (and again, they're generally not). They put a hypothetical unborn child over my wife's health. It's unacceptable.
How does a mammogram affect a pregnancy anyway?
babies are stored in the breasts
The lump could have been a hatching baby
X-rays
It most likely doesn't. One of several reasons it was so fucked up.
What's the point in even becoming a doctor if they're going to be that pathetic. How would performing a monogram have any bearing on a pregnancy?
I don't think the doctors are writing these policies mate.
Stupid bureaucratic bullshit going full hands off in an attempt to avoid any and all liability.
You'd think a medical facility that makes treatment decisions based on just the possibility that a woman is pregnant would also have some means of testing for that. Do they just refuse to touch women unless they bring their own pregnancy test in for the appointment? Having to go pee on a stick in the bathroom of a fast food restaurant is appalling.
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