I still have one question, when Skyler had the initial OB/GYN appointment, and she found out she was pregnant-did the doctor actually prescribe birth control pills for her? I didn’t understand how that would have happened or why?
Everything about the BC pills, from my trial notes:
1. Either Skylar or Kim decided Skylar should go on the pill. S's aunt has said one reason for that was to regularize Skylar's period, which her ED had made erratic.
2. Kim made/had Skylar make an appt with Kim's OB/GYN.
3. Shortly before the appt, Skylar told Kim repeatedly how scared she was to go. She begged Kim to allow her to cancel the appt.
Kim replied she was only insisting Skylar go for her own good, that a pregnancy would destroy her future, and as much as it "made (Kim) sick," Skylar had to go. Skylar texted Kim- ok, I'll go.
4. Dr. Andrews, the OB/GYN, testified that the office had (written) the BC script BEFORE Skylar's arrival for her appt.
5. Andrews & Skylar first spoke about BC pills, but based on a number of indications, Andrews suspected Skylar was pregnant and asked her to do a urine test. Skylar didn't object, the test was done, she was told she was pregnant, Andrews immediately did an ultrasound.
6. According to Andrew's testimony, while they were still in the ultrasound room, Skylar asked about the BC pills. Andrews told her: "we're way beyond that. You're pregnant."
7. Skylar told LE about that conversation with Dr. Andrew during her first interview. She said she "thought that was the end of it" (about being prescribed or taking the pills), but that the pharmacy called the next day saying the script had been filled.
8. The texts between Kim & Skylar the next day seem to confirm that's what happened. Kim texted Skylar to tell her the pharmacy had called, and offered to pick up the pills the following day. Skylar told Kim she"d pick them up herself, Kim told her she'd give Skylar an insurance card to take with her to the pharmacy.
9. Skylar and Kim exchanged texts over the next few days about the BC pills. Skylar asked when she should begin taking them, and after she had, told Kim she was having extremely painful cramps from the pills. Kim told her - that's good, it means the pills are working, and you'll be back to having "super regular" periods in a few months.
10. A few days later, on May 1, Kim hacked Skylar's email and read a summary of the DR visit, including the pregnancy test results, and that the BC pills had first been prescribed then "discontinued" on the same day - the day of her visit.
Kim texted Skylar a WTH, Skylar told her it was a mistake and that she would call the DR to get it straightened out.
11. Skylar told LE she assumed she was to take the pills since the script had gone through after all, that Andrews had never told her not to take the pills, that she took them per the instructions on the script, once a day, and that she didn't think taking them would harm the baby.
12. Skylar lied to her father when he asked her if LE had questioned her about taking the pills when she knew she was pregnant. She said they had not. LE did.
13. Though Kim told Scott (dad) she didn't know if taking pills when pregnant could harm a baby, it was Kim who first (and early on) told Skylar LE would believe Skylar took the pills to self-abort.
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((There's no way of knowing, but IMO it's not impossible one reason why Skylar dodged straight answers about why she took the pills is because she thought those answers might implicate her mother.
Whatever the truth, it's VERY easy to read their text exchanges about Skylar & BC pills and conclude not only did Kim know Skylar was pregnant, but that her insistence that Skylar get and take the pills was because Kim believed taking the pills would cause Skylar to abort)).
As an aside. Wonder why the DRs didn't question how Skylar could need a refill for a script they thought they had cancelled?
