Speaker 1: Well, we have another disastrous example of the repercussions of these horrifying
anti-abortion laws, many of which were triggered into existence by the Supreme Court overturning
Roe v Wade. We go to Texas. In Texas. A YouTuber was forced to carry her dead fetus
for two weeks after a miscarriage due to the anti-abortion law. The same
surgical procedure used to treat a miscarriage is also used for terminating pregnancies.
The new Texas anti-abortion laws have doctors nervous to perform procedures for miscarriages,
forcing this woman to carry her dead fetus in her womb for two weeks. Another example,
we've now seen women going without emergency care. We've seen women going without cancer care.
And now women forced to have their dead fetus in the womb for weeks due to these
anti-abortion laws. And we're supposed to believe this is all pro-life. Beauty YouTuber
forced to carry dead fetus for two weeks after miscarriage due to abortion ban. I get so angry
that I was treated this way because of laws that were passed by men who have never been
pregnant and never will be, says Marlene Estell, founder of Makeup Geek Cosmetics.
Marlene Estell recently spoke to CNN about her gut wrenching miscarriage and how she was forced
to carry her dead fetus for two weeks. When a doctor refused to provide medical intervention
due to the Texas abortion law, Stella's a beauty YouTuber and founder of the cosmetics
company Makeup Geek. She initially explained in a video last year she and her husband were
thrilled to learn of the pregnancy, noting that an ultrasound at seven weeks was normal. However,
another ultrasound two weeks later revealed Stella suffered a pregnancy loss. The doctor
says there's no heartbeat. There's no viable pregnancy. Following the news, she asked for
a DNC, which is a surgery to remove the fetus, also used to abort a living fetus. This was not
a living fetus in order to avoid infection or long term health issues, the doctor said.
Because of the new law that's passed here, you have to schedule another ultrasound to
verify that this pregnancy is not valid. Before we can give you any sort of medical intervention,
Dr. Lillian SHAPIRO, an Atlanta based OB-GYN, said to CNN. Carrying a dead fetus can quickly
become dangerous for the mother. Right. But they're pro-life guys. They're all pro-life.
So consider this situation. Imagine how horrendous this is. It's not just psychologically disastrous.
Walking around with parts of a dead fetus inside you that you're not allowed to have treated the
psychological impact. But it's also physically extremely dangerous. And these women are being
is it too much to say they're being tortured by Republican law? Doesn't seem like too much to
say to me. She wanted to carry this pregnancy to term and deliver it. She didn't. You know,
the right loves to have this almost at this point, cliche, borderline satirical view of
how women decide to get an abortion. Well, it's month seven. It's month eight. It's month nine.
I don't know. I guess I don't want it. Give me an abortion, please. That that's an absurd fantasy.
But this is not even someone who didn't want the pregnancy. This is someone who did. She wanted
to carry the pregnancy to term and deliver. She miscarried and she was denied treatment
because the treatment is the same as that for surgical abortions. This situation, ectopic
pregnancy, we're also seeing it's like the entire political party never even took basic biology in
high school. So we have you know, at this point, we're two weeks in, guys, since I told you.
Doctors are sounding the alarm and saying they may be denying treatment to women for fear of being
prosecuted, for fear of not only law enforcement, but politicians coming after them. And when I
did that first story, I got emails from people saying, David, you're dealing in hypotheticals.
David None of these things are happening. The hypothetical about a 12 year old pregnant girl.
It's merely hypothetical. And then we got a ten year old pregnant girl who had to leave Ohio and
go to Indiana to get an abortion. Oh, well, now the issue's different. It's a fake story. Oh,
no. But the alleged rapist is an undocumented aliens. So now it's a real story. But that's
the only important part. Pathetic. And here. Same thing. Oh, no. Just because a group
of doctors warned that this might happen doesn't mean it's happening. Well, now it is.
Now it is. Here is a specific woman. Who was told, yes, the fetus has died, but because of the law,
the anti-abortion law. You've got to walk around for two weeks this way before we can do anything,
and there's going to be more of it. And the next layer in this is this is getting so absurd that
even the Republicans can't defend it. So the new thing they're doing is they're playing semantic
games. And the semantic games that they're playing is they're saying, well, this procedure done when
there has already been a miscarriage is not technically an abortion. And they're trying
to hide behind that as if this isn't the natural effect of the law that they passed,
which, of course, it is horrifying, pathetic and extremely damaging to the women physically
and psychologically and to their families. It's not just about the women. Um, what will we have
for you tomorrow? I don't even want to know. Quite frankly, I'm sure it'll be horrible.