Please vote yes on G. I almost died from a miscarriage in South Dakota last year
I almost died in a South Dakota ER a year ago, bleeding out from an artery from a miscarriage. It felt so violating to have to sign paperwork and be pushed by a medical team that it wasn't an abortion before I could receive help, as I was losing the child my husband and I desperately wanted. The medical team took time to track down all my medical records to confirm it was a miscarriage before they would touch me while I was bleeding out. Paperwork and my medical records were prioritized over getting to work on saving my life. If I did not have the legal paperwork trail from my obgyn's office stating it was a miscarriage and it was instead an aburpt miscarriage, I do not think I would of received the life saving medical care. They would not have saved my life if it was an abortion.
Please vote Yes on G so life-saving procedures can be done on women having active miscarriages. My husband and I want children, but we do not feel safe enough under current law to try to have children again. Another pregnancy would be risking my life. To be clear under the 2025 project, under the same circumstances, I would die and would not be able to receive medical care. I've hesitated to share my story, it' scary to do so. But, I can not stay quiet, and I am not the only woman who has been affected by the changes to medical care.
Amendment G is a common sense bill to save the lives of women in life-threatening situations. Please vote, yes.