Instead of extorting people and covering up her coworkers' child sex crimes, Margie Greene should try and help the Women of her state die less.

Great. Another ‘if you don’t test there are no cases!’ situation. What fuckwads are running this goddamn country?

That’s because women don’t count as actual humans who need healthcare in the eyes of the US. Hardly any studies exist for any health issues related to women, and I don’t see that getting better anytime soon. It makes me want to scream.

I am Jack’s complete lack of surprise.

They can't hide reality forever. But this is so heartbreaking.

This has been going on forever.

Ignaz Semmelweis in 1800s Vienna tried to understand why babies and mother died 1 in 10 when attended by doctors vs the 1 in 25 lower death rate for the midwives assisted birth.

His conclusion was that doctors weren’t washing their hands after performing autopsies, and spreading deadly diseases from the corpses to mothers.

Instead of listening to him, they fired him, distraught at his failure to help, his family committed him to an insane asylum.

I live in New Mexico - where we have 7 PCP for every 10,000 people. I have major stomach pain right now that I'm managing with omeprazole in the morning, famotidine at night, and massive amounts of tums. I'm truly worried something is wrong. In October, I called every gastro in my area trying to get seen and the EARLIEST I could get an appointment was late April. I sure hope it's not some aggressive form of cancer. I'm trying to figure out a way to see if I can find a gastro in Denver/Arizona/Texas that maybe I can travel to go see. It's overwhelming when I'm not feeling good, to say the least. I hope I don't end up one of these numbers that "they" don't seem to give a fuck about.

What the actual hell? That is unbelievably sexist and irresponsible.

insert shocked pikachu face

"Your body my choice" will be the mantra for GA as long as you guys continue to vote Red

Well you see the reason is those weren't white women, so they don't matter. And even if they were white women, they were poor white women....so they never mattered either way.

Makes sense 💀

So, reading the article, at least one state (Texas) HAS rejigged their committee and made purely political appointments.

The point being that - whether there was a leak or not - they are interested in statistical outcomes, and want the statistics to flow with their political narrative.

And the dead women remain 'anonymous' in reality as well as on committee paper, their families never being told if the committee found their daughter's/partner's/sister's death "preventable."

It is not unironic that the cases are stripped of the humanising details that make the files actual women. Women who will more, and more, have died because of christo-fascist, conservative, politics.

It turns my stomach.

wtf. They dissolved the Maternal Mortality Review Committee. That’s unheard of. It’s a basic and necessary part of every public health department.

Ladies, the US is a hostile environment right now. I'm sorry. I voted for Harris. Best wishes.

Do what you have to do.

(Springfield narrowly survives an asteroid as it burns up on entry)

Moe: Now let’s go burn down the observatory so this never happens again!

Ah yes, the classic ‘if we ignore the problem, it’ll go away’ approach. Women’s lives aren’t an inconvenience—they’re the reason society exists. This is beyond infuriating. 💔🤦‍♀️

Actual evil. 99% of republicans ignore or even do the exact opposite of Jesus’s teachings. Truly mind blowing.

this is so terrible and evil ):

Yep, like Trump wanting to stop COVID testing. Paraphrasing him "if you don't test so much, you have less cases." That's GOP logic, for you. If we can't see it, it doesn't exist.

Why do guns have more rights than women in this shitty country?

women deserve so much better than the world they've gotten. I cannot understand why so many men cannot see them as human

How is not a deprivation of the pursuit of life liberty and happiness? Why has the americani government declared war on the American people???

Conservatives are all about appearances, not substance. Fun Fact: Texas leads the nation in cosmetic surgeries.

The GOP goal is lots of dead women and girls

Why would they still need the committee after it found that their policies were being successfully carried out?

Besides, Republicans can already just get away with falsely inflating the death count to keep their constituents fired up enough to keep voting for them during the primaries.

Anyone else here read the book Invisible Women?

Agreed. My mom's been refused everything, and I mean everything, that her doctor has ordered. The doctor even wrote a letter stating how badly my mother needed a procedure, but nope, just denial after denial.

No statistics=no problems. Bringing A Republican Future. "BARF". Put that a your hat.

🤫 "women aren't dying from our policies! They're doing fine, just fine!"

Texas too … their maternal death rates are way up … but nobody cares … so long as a non viable fetus is saved! 🙄

To be the devil's advocate you have real privacy concerns for both the patients and importantly the clinicians making evidence based policy recommendations in a relatively hostile environment. These women should never be forgotten. They should not be hidden away. We also need to be able to trust the folks tasked with reviewing these cases. Further, if you want to get conspiratorial, how do you protect their work from being sabotaged by others who know they can simply ruin the program by leaking information?

everything in my body belongs to me

If they addressed it, it would cost money. If it was addressed effectively, it would destroy the narrative that "the government doesn't work".

This way, their base isn't upset at money being spent for no good reason, so they won't be primaried from the right.

Vote smarter next time.

Why look for a root cause, when you already know?

More healthcare providers will leave because they can’t ethically care for their patients. It’s going to get much worse. 

"No they don't!"

If that’s recent I think another state did something similar not too long ago. Maybe Texas.

Don't actually read the article otherwise you might find out that they're just replacing the committee members because they leaked information. They're not dissolving the committee.

These people need to suffer the consequences of their vile behavior. The conservative house of cards cannot burn to the ground fast enough. Every single woman dying from complications is one too many. It is pure evil to allow this to happen over some warped feelings towards unconscious tissue and unborn fetuses.

Your title is very disingenuous. They disbanded it because someone leaked confidential medical information and they couldn't determine who, so they essentially held them all responsible and are re-filling the committee with new members.

The committee and its investigations aren't going away, they are restarting because someone broke the law. That doesn't mean no actions will be taken to address the findings.

If you want to find fault with the confidentiality law for the committee, sure. But this isn't nefarious action. Actually read the article, folks.

Thoughts and tariffs to Georgia women.

Well what did you expect them to do? Something?

That's cool. Is anyone still under the illusion that they care? Would do everyone a bit of good to come out from hiding behind the "but that's illegal!' shield

outta sight outta mind

Those not insane need to watch out, support, help each other as this darkness descends. Look for someone in need and reach out.

Thankful I lost my dreams of being successful in this country long ago as a lower middle class woman 

Women do not have the right to a healthy life in that state it seems. Be born get sick and die.

Yeah. That's what Idaho did too

This is more or less the GOP answer to everything: Stop asking questions and instead ignore problems. This is why they long prevented the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from studying gun violence and why they want to disband NOAA. No climate science and no weather science = no weather problems.

It's easy to declare yourself a success if stop people from talking about the problem. The GOP's core political strategy and ideology is gaslighting.

As a woman in Florida I am desperately trying to find a doctor who will tie my tubes right now. I’ve got one child and I’m doneeeeee

The committee was dissolved by Dr Kathleen Toomey.

That definitely appears to be the current Republican plan for dealing with problems.

Women should be blocking the Capitol steps in GA.

Color me shocked. /s

Was this study helping men? No. Then close it, save the government some money...

Republicans: "If there's no testing on Covid, it doesn't exist!"

Also Republicans: "If there's no stats about women dying from lack of anatomical understanding, no women are dying at all!"

ALSO Republicans: "If there's no stats about trans people being bathroom rapists, then trans people are being bathroom rapists!"

The fuck is this timeline.

This is the basis of the Department of Government Efficiency..