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Let doctors uphold their oath to “do no harm” 

“My teenage daughter was raped. When we found out she was pregnant, we were shocked and terrified. But what was even more shocking is that her mom and I had to take her out of state for treatment. I can't believe I even have to say this, but the government and state politicians have absolutely no right to tell me what is best for my daughter after she's already had to go through such a horrific event. They do not get to decide her future, period. They've gone too far.”

“As a doctor, it's my job to do no harm. It's the oath I took to care for my patients, and it's why I do what I do. But in Arkansas, doctors are now terrified of treating complications resulting from pregnancy. We have to constantly assess how we may be held liable for routine procedures that are necessary and normal for women's health. To be quite honest, Arkansas law stops us from caring for patients.”

“At 40, I found out I was pregnant despite having an IUD. If you get pregnant with an IUD, your pregnancy is ectopic, meaning the egg implants outside of the uterus. In my case, the pregnancy implanted in a fallopian tube. Ectopic pregnancies are not viable and require emergency care. I had emergency surgery before Arkansas's full abortion ban went into effect, but I wonder - had my emergency happened after the full ban, would I have died on an ER table because doctors were unable to give me the care I needed?”

“When my wife was 20 weeks pregnant, we received terrible news. There would be no life for our child outside of the womb. On top of that grief, we were crushed to learn that despite the devastating diagnosis, my wife couldn't get the treatment she needed here in Arkansas. We had to travel out of state to get her proper medical care, which meant we had to experience some of the hardest days of our lives in a strange place away from our family and without my wife's doctor by her side.”