X-Received: by 2002:ac8:5fc1:0:b0:31e:f847:6c6f with SMTP id k1-20020ac85fc1000000b0031ef8476c6fmr5024632qta.616.1658250511532; Tue, 19 Jul 2022 10:08:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a25:6507:0:b0:66f:fd07:d919 with SMTP id z7-20020a256507000000b0066ffd07d919mr20181856ybb.519.1658250511185; Tue, 19 Jul 2022 10:08:31 -0700 (PDT) Path: ...!news-out.google.com!nntp.google.com!postnews.google.com!google-groups.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 10:08:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <_72dnTZrwMivQ0v_nZ2dnUU7-YfNnZ2d@giganews.com> Injection-Info: google-groups.googlegroups.com; posting-host=67.71.181.54; posting-account=2Bn-cAoAAABwTCh3x0t_a3YRFTJt9SbR NNTP-Posting-Host: 67.71.181.54 References: <_72dnTZrwMivQ0v_nZ2dnUU7-YfNnZ2d@giganews.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <621a6b83-f57b-4328-a8f2-eda707b4ca99n@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: The Ripple Effects Of Roe From: "edell@post.com" Injection-Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2022 17:08:31 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bytes: 5073 Lines: 102 On Tuesday, July 19, 2022 at 12:39:21 PM UTC-4, Lee wrote: > Post-Roe, many autoimmune patients=20 > lose access to gold standard drug=20 > July 19=20 >=20 > Six days after the Supreme Court=20 > struck down the right to abortion,=20 > lupus patient Becky Schwarz got=20 > an unexpected message from her=20 > rheumatologist.=20 >=20 > =E2=80=9CThis is a notice to let you know=20 > that we are pausing all=20 > prescriptions and subsequent=20 > refills of methotrexate,=E2=80=9D the=20 > message read. =E2=80=9CThis decision has=20 > been made in response to the=20 > reversal of Roe vs. Wade.=E2=80=9D=20 >=20 > Schwarz was stunned. Methotrexate=20 > is a cheap, common drug prescribed=20 > to millions of Americans. Like her,=20 > many have rheumatic illnesses.=20 > Others take it to treat inflammatory=20 > bowel disease, psoriasis or cancer.=20 >=20 > Yet few are aware that it is used=20 > off-label to end ectopic pregnancies,=20 > or that it could be restricted by=20 > doctors or pharmacists even in states=20 > like Virginia that do not ban abortion.=20 >=20 > In Texas, dispensing methotrexate to=20 > someone who uses it to induce a=20 > miscarriage after 49 days of=20 > gestation is a felony; that makes=20 > pharmacists hesitant to fill such=20 > prescriptions for almost anyone with=20 > a uterus.=20 >=20 > Methotrexate was originally=20 > developed as a chemotherapy agent=20 > more than 60 years ago. But in low=20 > doses, it has proved to be one of=20 > the safest, least expensive and=20 > most effective treatments for=20 > roughly a dozen autoimmune=20 > conditions, from juvenile=20 > idiopathic arthritis to Crohn=E2=80=99s=20 > disease.=20 >=20 > =E2=80=9CIt=E2=80=99s one of the most common=20 > medications that I prescribe,=E2=80=9D=20 > said Dr. Grant Schulert, a=20 > pediatric rheumatology specialist=20 > at Cincinnati Children=E2=80=99s Hospital.=20 > =E2=80=9CIt=E2=80=99s really a mainstay of our=20 > practice.=E2=80=9D=20 >=20 > Indeed, methotrexate was first=20 > approved to treat rheumatic=20 > illnesses in 1959, before Schulert=20 > was born and almost 15 years=20 > before Roe vs. Wade was decided.=20 >=20 > Since its reversal, many patients=20 > have been delayed or denied this=20 > =E2=80=9Cgold-standard=E2=80=9D treatment for=20 > conditions that have nothing to=20 > do with pregnancy.=20 >=20 > =E2=80=9CI have gotten some reports where=20 > children have been denied=20 > methotrexate for their juvenile=20 > arthritis until they=E2=80=99ve proven=20 > they=E2=80=99re not pregnant,=E2=80=9D said Dr.=20 > Cuoghi Edens, an assistant=20 > professor of internal medicine=20 > and pediatrics at University of=20 > Chicago Medicine and a=20 > rheumatology expert who treats=20 > adults and children.=20 >=20 > https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-07-11/post-roe-many-autoim= =20 > mune-patients-lose-access-to-gold-standard-drug?utm_source=3Dreddit.com And so, folks, this is what insane right wing thinking has devolved into. = Someone needs to tell SCOTUS, especially the right wingers on the bench, th= at they need to brush up on their pharmacology so as to avoid delivering du= mbfuck stupid decisions. The world and medicine today aren't as simple as = they used to be back in the 1800s where right wingers' brains are still loc= ked into. By the way, where the article says that "pharmacists (are) hesit= ant to fill such prescriptions (methotrexate) for almost anyone with a uter= us," isn't that against the 14th amendment? The state can't "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal prote= ction of the laws." So, if it's against the law to prescribe methotrexate to women, it should a= lso be to men - having a uterus or not shouldn't make a difference under EQ= UAL protection of the laws.