A Woman Was Denied Medication for Being of ‘Childbearing Age.’ She Just Sued the Hospital - eviltoast

Tara Rule says her doctor in upstate New York was “determined to protect a hypothetical fetus" instead of helping her treat debilitating pain.

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    1 year ago

    I can’t, for technical reasons, watch the video, either, but all the information above is literally written down in the article.

    I’m curious why you automatically assume she’s lying and not the hospital?

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      Propably I have some normalicy bias. I actually don’t think she is lying. She might not believe the reasons the MDs do not want to prescribe her the drug at the moment.

      For example the text says things like this: He also asked about her sex life and whether she’s “with a steady person.” That sound bad but if you look at the product label:

      Patient Information

      Important questions

      Are you pregnant? Do you think you might be pregnant? Are you trying to become pregnant? Are you sexually active and not using birth control? Are you breast feeding?

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      Edit: this article gives a bit more info. Inclusive a link to the audio recording (which is still can not access thanks to TikTok). The infos provided are in favor of the patient.