The issue comes from the fact that if there’s any amount of implantation and the very earliest stages of development, a pregnancy test will come back positive and there are many diagnostic tests (most imaging modalities) and many procedures (such as non-obstetrical emergency surgeries) that will get delayed or sometimes even denied because of the positive pregnancy test. Every AFAB that comes through an ER that might need imaging gets a point-of-care pregnancy test that has to come back negative for something like a CT scan unless it is a very dire situation because of the radiation risk to a developing embryo.

Obstetrical procedures like abortions are not the only ones that are gate-kept for AFAB patients because of the policies surrounding risks to developing embryos or fetuses.

Edit to add: The studies do say that the estimated incidence of clinically unrecognized pregnancies is approximately 20%, but given the myriad risk factors that can feed into that outcome, things like exposures, stresses, SES, and access to medical care may increase that incidence rate in some populations.

I was referring to the many instances in which the blastocyst does implant, but fails to grow past the initial stages of development. Progression to the point of differentiation of tissues is the hurdle that many fertilized ova fail to clear. Failure of implantation is still important to discuss in the political context given that there are so many people with an absolute absence of biology education that think that life begins at fertilization.

They want to go back to the days where life expectancy for women is to the “ripe old-age of died in childbirth”.

The proportion of pregnancies that end in miscarriage is MUCH higher than that. Many “pregnancies” (read: fertilized ova) don’t implant in the uterus or implant and fail to progress which ends up looking like a heavy period that’s a little late. Judging the start of “life” as fertilization is absolutely inane because of how many fertilized ova just don’t make it past 16 cells or so.

At this point, Israel is a rogue terrorist state that needs to be cut off from all material and financial support until they agree to permanent ceasefires and handing Netanyahu and his cabinet over to the ICC.

He was banned from trying to join any branch of the military because he did so poorly on the ASVAB (and probably also failed a psych eval). While many police departments are deeply corrupt, I don’t think any of them want the bad press that would come with hiring him. Maybe he can get hired as a deputy in a sheriff’s department run by someone like Arpaio.

“Assault” is shouting and threatening, “battery” is actually making contact. It sounds like she got the pepper spray out in time to prevent him from touching her, which is a very good thing.

Usually the situation they put themselves in is taking a job as a cop and refusing to deescalate any situation.

Correct. I’m a third year medical student on my clinical rotations right now, and I worked in the medical field for 4 years before starting med school.

Empiric treatment is not the broadest spectrum possible. Yes, they will put someone on Augmentin for a human bite, but that’s very different from putting someone on IV vancomycin or meropenem. The augmentin will probably cover anything in that bite, but if the culture comes back showing resistance, then you switch to something else.

I’ve been in clinical rotations and my attending physicians have been very clear about antibiotic use and there is a lot of clinical evidence and guidance for minimizing broad spectrum use.

We like to use the narrowest spectrum antibiotics possible to limit side effects and breeding resistance. Also, the really broad spectrum ones are expensive.

My husband and I have a house in St Paul and we go to Hudson for lunch/dinner dates sometimes. It’s quite close. And Minnesota and Wisconsin have agreements set up for living in one state and working in the other.

One of the problems these monsters have been having with carrying out executions is that they can’t get pharma companies to sell them the drugs they use and they can’t find actual healthcare professionals to perform the act. That’s why there’s been a few cases recently of having to cancel or postpone an execution because they couldn’t get the damn IV line in.

Wisconsin doesn’t have a bar exam if that makes any difference to you. And there’s cities in Wisconsin like Hudson that are on the border/river across from Minnesota.

Which is why, in many cases, there should be liability assigned. If a self-driving car kills someone, the programming of the car is at least partially to blame, and the company that made it should be liable for the wrongful death suit, and probably for criminal charges as well. Citizens United already determined that corporations are people…now we just need to put a corporation in prison for their crimes.

I was raised UU! It’s a great sex ed and relationship health program that addresses all aspects of relationships, sex-related or not. I highly recommend checking out your local Unitarian Universalist church/congregation if you have one nearby. They’re pretty cool folks.

The article specifically describes the housing options that are single-occupant with doors that lock and accommodation for pets. They are also working on solutions for couples to help keep them together where possible. It’s not ideal, and it’s not a permanent fix, but they interviewed someone that’s staying in the safe, clean, cabins while attending a 2 year college program to get a better paying job.

There is definitely more that the state could be doing as a whole, but they are investing a lot of money into programs and housing with free or heavily subsidized rent to help people get back on their feet. The article specifically mentioned a model where “rent” costs 30% of the resident’s income and the rest is covered by a rental assistance program.

The restrictions on nuclear fuel recycling might be lifted soon, so that argument may very well become moot as well.

There is talk about lifting the restrictions on fuel recycling, so that problem (which isn’t as big an issue as folks make it out to be) has the potential to be solved.