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Travel Diary (continued)
With most of us being photographers and videographers, after three days of diving, we gathered in the lounge and watched video shot by the crew and our own pictures as well.
After three in-water days, we loaded up and began the 18- hour overnight trip back to Ensenada followed by the long bus ride to the border and then the homeward journey.
An awesome trip to be sure.
Dr. Malbin graduated from Boston University School of Medicine in 1978 and moved to Tampa where he practiced Emergency Medicine from 1980 until the end of 1999. He has traveled the world shooting underwater sea life, has multiple magazine photos and features to his credit, and is the co-au- thor of two children’s books of underwater photography. What is a Fish and Unusual Underwater Creatures are available on Amazon. His photography can be found on his website: www.oceandoctorshots.com. He has one daughter and five grandchildren.
Medicine & Politics (continued from page 19)
illegal abortions electively may serve time in prison or fines up to $100,000. Florida is one of these states. Similarly, some patients are unfortunate enough to be diagnosed with cancer while pregnant, sometimes requiring chemotherapy or radia- tion which can potentially harm the fetus. In some states, they are forced to delay cancer treatment until later in pregnancy when the risks to the fetus are lower or until they have given birth. Such delays can put the pregnant patient’s life at risk.
Pregnancy loss at any time, spontaneous or induced, regard- less of cause or reason, is sad and disheartening. After Roe v. Wade, many women could obtain the type of reproductive care they desired. Abortion should be in the hands of personnel ap- propriately trained and legally able to provide for either spon- taneous or induced ones. It can certainly help make pregnancy less risky to women. Currently, a Texas court is going before the Supreme Court trying to outlaw the ability to use the previously FDA-approved mifepristone. Until that court case is settled, these drugs remain available through physicians or by prescrip- tion, but less so independently in many pharmacies and not by mail. There are differing legitimate opinions on the ethical propriety of induced abortions. Speaking colloquially, however, most people in this country see the Dobbs vs. Jackson decision in 2022 and the recent attempts to de-legitimize mifepristone and misoprostol as abortions in themselves.
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