Arizona lawmaker says she plans to have an abortion after learning her pregnancy isn't viable

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Source: AP





Updated 10:30 AM CDT, March 19, 2024

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State Sen. Eva Burch, a registered nurse known for her reproductive rights activism, was surrounded by fellow Democratic senators as she made the announcement, The Arizona Republic reported.

Burch said that she found out a few weeks ago that “against all odds,” she was pregnant. The mother of two living children from west Mesa who is running for reelection said she has had “a rough journey” with fertility. She experienced her first miscarriage 13 years ago, was pregnant many times and terminated a nonviable pregnancy as she campaigned for her senate seat two years ago, she said.

Now, Burch said that her current pregnancy is not progressing and not viable and she has made an appointment to terminate.
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Burch said the state’s laws have “interfered” with her decision. Arizona law required an “invasive” transvaginal ultrasound that her doctor didn’t order and she was then read “factually false” information required by the law about alternatives, she said.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/arizona-senator-senate-abortion-eva-burch-280e95049fa230e83c6edb3724b244a7

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Whow. This has to be so hard for her to do.

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[Laffy Kat]

1. She's very courageous.

I expect the death threats to start any time now.

[Attilatheblond]

2. Requiring a transvaginal ultrasound in order to get an abortion, medically necessary or not, is RAPE by the state

Time to look into ways of changing this horror or find ways to start requiring unnecessary and horrible medical 'tests' for men who want pharmaceutical help getting boners.

[Diraven]

3. Mandatory prostate exam for boner pills

Prostate problems can possibly cause erectile dysfunction, so the argument could easily be made that it's medically necessary.

[Attilatheblond]

4. Do we get to set parameters as to who gets legal authority to administer?

[erronis]

8. Oh no - not so easy. Should be a trans-urethra ultrasound all the way up.

I understand this little procedure when done to remove bladder stones or other male disorders can be "quite uncomfortable."

[2naSalit]

10. How many times can I rec this post?

[Marthe48]

5. A transvaginal ultrasound is very invasive

I had two as I tried to hang on to my reproductive organs. When they wanted to do a third, I had the hysterectomy.

[Attilatheblond]

6. My deepest sympathies

I hope your health issues have improved. So sorry you lost what you lost.

[Marthe48]

12. Thank you

It was 1996. A long time ago. I have deep sympathy for women of childbearing years in this country.

[3catwoman3]

7. I watched this last night in another thread...

…and find this woman enormously impressive - eloquent, articulate, composed and very knowledgeable. And courageous.

[erronis]

9. Sounds like she is a Democrat.

Not that all Democrats have all of those positives. But no repuglicons have any of them.

[OMGWTF]

14. Yes, the article said she is a Democrat.

[erronis]

19. I realize that. I was just trying to make a point.

Thanks for helping.

[Warpy]

11. Cruelty is the point of all these laws against women

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Why bother being a patriarchal man if you can't be cruel to women you've never met, just because they're women?

And these cretins wonder why "NONE" is the largest religious group today.

[OMGWTF]

15. According to a survey I saw, the happiest people in America are single, childless women.

[NH Ethylene]

13. What a great thing she is doing.

Not the abortion; that's just a necessary thing. But making your private issues very public so it will increase awareness of how new restrictions are impacting women who are just trying to get through hard times, is truly living your convictions.

[stage left]

16. And as always

The people who need to hear things like this, her Republican colleagues, don't.

[democrank]

17. Kicking for Eva Burch

She’s so brave

[ShazzieB]

18. Geez Louise.

Burch said the state’s laws have “interfered” with her decision. Arizona law required an “invasive” transvaginal ultrasound that her doctor didn’t order and she was then read “factually false” information required by the law about alternatives, she said.

How appalling.

I hate to admit it, but my brain has been almost totally occupied with the horrors going on in states that have enacted total or near-total abortion bans since Dobbs. So much so that I haven't been paying enough attention to the fact that there are still states that grudgingly allow abortion but require patients to jump through invasive and medically unnecessary hoops such as Burch described.

I wonder how many states there are at this point that haven't (yet) banned abortion completely but are still putting patients though this garbage. UGH.

[littlemissmartypants]

20. Too many that's for sure. But the goal is zero rights to anti women having a choice.

That these horrors are their stepping stones to the subjugation of women for any reason is something we should never allow or forget.

They want a total abortion ban regardless. This is just their way of torturing women along the way to that end.

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[ShazzieB]

21. Totally agree.

One of their biggest mistakes, imo, is not giving women nearly enough credit for being capable of making our own decisions. They think women are so stupid that we don't understand what pregnancy even is, and when we see a blurry ultrasound of a fetus, we'll immediately change our minds about getting an abortion.

In reality, I believe the vast majority of women who choose to terminate a pregnancy know perfectly well what they are doing and why. Laws like the ones in AZ are condescending and infantilizing, and they insult the intelligence of all women, not just the ones who are personally subjected to this crap.

[IcyPeas]

22. Several Republicans left during Burch's comments, she told the Arizona Mirror...

I find this despicable. They don't give a damn.

Several Republicans left during Burch’s comments, she told the Arizona Mirror. Senate Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli was among them: He left as Burch was speaking, returning briefly from the adjacent member’s lounge in an apparent mistake while she was still speaking before quickly exiting again. As soon as she finished speaking, the Republican from Lake Havasu City returned so he could make a motion to adjourn the daily floor session.

A sole Republican, Prescott Sen. Ken Bennett, remained on the floor while Burch spoke. When she was done, he walked over to her, expressed his sympathy for her situation and gave her a hug.

https://azmirror.com/2024/03/18/a-democratic-senator-needs-an-abortion-she-told-her-colleagues-about-arizonas-cruel-laws/

[Warpy]

23. NM is here for her, right next door

although she'll probably choose to go to CA.

Christian tyranny is not going to stand long. Disgust with their insistence on putting religious dogma into civil law has rendered them a minority religion.