Dr. Mary Fariba Afsari

but not far enough in the pregnancy to deliver a viable baby, and then they were in this impossible space of having to make a decision about what to do because there was going to be no saving the baby if the mom didn't survive.

And so that is a situation when I talk about this is not a slogan and this is not a black-and-white –

It's easy to choose one side situation.

And most people that make a decision about what to do about a pregnancy are usually not making one easy decision.

It's almost always multifactorial.

I mean, all of this could feel like an impossible situation until you're on the ground.

That is terrifying.

I heard about an OB-GYN who had an ankle bracelet because she was being accused of committing some sort of crime just for trying to provide standard of care, life-saving care in another state.

I have heard from multiple colleagues in other states who are not able to even advise their patients about

to maybe leave the state in order to obtain, we're talking about truly life-saving care, like women who might not survive a pregnancy if they were to continue it.

For me, I work with people, fortunately,

who on a local level and a hospital level and then a regional level and then a state level, we are tracking.

I mean, we are still doing all of the data collection.

And we meet sometimes weekly.

We definitely meet monthly.

We have quality review committees.

We are on top of what is happening weekly.

for the women and the patients that walk onto our units.

So I am fortunate enough to be a part of a hospital system and a greater system within the state where we are doing this work every single day.

And so what's happening locally is still really good work.