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by blindwatchmaker 2705 days ago
The 'pressure to undergo abortions in case of fetal abnormalities' sounds the only potentially troubling part of that, but I don't exactly get what's 'authoritarian' about insisting women with complications stay and be be monitored in the hospital, or firing people based on poor performance?

Am I missing something here?

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The only group of women who would feel oppressed would be the CEOs that can afford fully-staffed private hospitals in their own homes and wouldn't be caught dead resting alongside the unwashed masses.
Patients have the rights to chose their treatment, and this includes the right to make unwise choices about their treatment.

(I have no idea what actually happens in Cuba).