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That is terrible. How often does this situation happen?
I don't know the statistics, but even if it happens only once, the authors of the policies in place should be prosecuted. One stat that jumps out is that infant death rates are way up. Forcing women to complete their term anyway is sadistic and completely unnecessary.
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> All postings for software engineers are on-site, in Texas. Not moving my family to Texas, Florida, or Alabama, for anything. Beautiful states, but I have a daughter. what does this mean?
That these states are antagonistic to women's health. See: Alabama's ruling that frozen embryos for IVF are actually children with all the rights thereof, immediately ceasing IVF procedures. See also: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/05/us/texas-woman-high-risk-preg... This woman in Texas having to sue to avoid a very dangerous birth of a child who will she will end up having to watch die within a few days. > It states Co…
https://publicportal-api.alappeals.gov/courts/68f021c4-6a44-...
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I’m confused about this from an economic standpoint. Assume you could put aside an additional $5k while living in these states, wouldn’t that provide a hedge for the medical needs of your daughter? If needed, you could then travel to a location that provides what you are concerned about. (Not to get hung up on “$5k”, you could substitute any arbitrary number for this cost-benefit judgement) If move opened the possibi…
There's a reason why many companies who have offices here have offered relocation to employees so that they don't need to contend with these laws if/when they are enforced upon them.
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I’m confused about this from an economic standpoint. Assume you could put aside an additional $5k while living in these states, wouldn’t that provide a hedge for the medical needs of your daughter? If needed, you could then travel to a location that provides what you are concerned about. (Not to get hung up on “$5k”, you could substitute any arbitrary number for this cost-benefit judgement) If move opened the possibi…
I'm Dutch, an additional 5k per month would not buy me the feeling of safety I enjoy in the Netherlands. It's not just medical bills. It's also the crime and rape rates. You don't cover death and trauma with insurance.
But I encountered a funny additional problem with that recently when talking to a European transplant which is: you need a car in the US. The US is huge and cheap and safe but you need a car. If you don't have a car you have to live within a subway system. Then it's not cheap/safe (pick one).
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I don't know the statistics, but even if it happens only once, the authors of the policies in place should be prosecuted. One stat that jumps out is that infant death rates are way up. Forcing women to complete their term anyway is sadistic and completely unnecessary.
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Something cannot be ignored by pointing at something else.
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Rural states often are significantly less safe for women, e.g. Texas ranks much higher than the national average, although Alabama and Florida are quite low in this dimension. https://www.statista.com/statistics/232563/forcible-rape-rat...
Alaska: 134 per 100k, The Netherlands: 7.1 per 100k. Something is very wrong in the USA.
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Rural states often are significantly less safe for women, e.g. Texas ranks much higher than the national average, although Alabama and Florida are quite low in this dimension. https://www.statista.com/statistics/232563/forcible-rape-rat...
Alaska: 134 per 100k, The Netherlands: 7.1 per 100k. Something is very wrong in the USA.
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