A woman in Tennessee was denied prenatal care by her physician because they objected to the fact that she wasn’t married nor did she plan to be. Now, she’s traveling out of state to Virginia to receive prenatal care. This type of denial of care has been made possible by Tennessee’s Medical Ethics Defense Act which went into effect on April 24th this year–it gives physicians, hospital systems and insurers, among others, the legal right to deny healthcare to patients based on religious, moral or ethical beliefs:
https://wellsrachelm.substack.com/p/pregnant-woman-in-tennessee-denied
A woman in Tennessee was denied prenatal care by her physician because they objected to the fact that she wasn’t married nor did she plan to be. Now, she’s traveling out of state to Virginia to receive prenatal care. This type of denial of care has been made possible by Tennessee’s Medical Ethics Defense Act which went into effect on April 24th this year–it gives physicians, hospital systems and insurers, among others, the legal right to deny healthcare to patients based on religious, moral or ethical beliefs
A woman in Tennessee was denied prenatal care by her physician because they objected to the fact that she wasn’t married nor did she plan to be. Now, she’s traveling out of state to Virginia to receive prenatal care. This type of denial of care has been made possible by Tennessee’s Medical Ethics Defense Act which went into effect on April 24th this year–it gives physicians, hospital systems and insurers, among others, the legal right to deny healthcare to patients based on religious, moral or ethical beliefs:
https://wellsrachelm.substack.com/p/pregnant-woman-in-tennessee-denied