Do they just let anyone graduate medical school?

Note: This post contains mentions of pregnancy loss and abuse.

"I got the strong impression that she thought I was a slut before I told her I had been on my honeymoon, and if I had been sexually permissive, she wouldn’t help me, but thinking (wrongly) that I had been a virgin, now I was worthy of an immediate appointment? Yes, this was a long time ago, and attitudes are a little better now, but I was still so pissed off! If she had known my husband and I had been living together for years before we got married, I guess she would have slut shamed me, but since I had just gotten married, it was suddenly ok that I had a UTI? I never forgot how her voice changed when I said 'honeymoon' and how quickly I was deemed worthy of an appointment."—70, Female, Texas

"When I asked what he meant, he sneered, 'It would die anyway.' I understood the words he said the first time, but it took me a moment to catch up to the fact that he not only didn’t care but seemed almost elated at the fact that their life was tenuous. My mom and the nurse were both witnesses to his vitriol. We left and went to the other hospital in my area. It was a rough few months, and the baby was born prematurely, but today they’re a happy, healthy, functioning adult (thankfully)."—47, Female

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