Life-Threatening Pregnancies? Experts Disagree That Abortion Is Necessary
Shortly after Roe v. Wade was overturned and pro-life states moved to ban abortion, a media narrative began to emerge that abortion bans would put women in danger, preventing them from lifesaving treatment in cases of ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage management. Actress Halle Berry, for example, tweeted a graphic that read, "The treatment for an ectopic pregnancy is abortion. The treatment for a septic uterus is abortion. The treatment for a miscarriage that your body won't release is abortion. If you can't get these abortions, you die." But according to pro-life obstetrician-gynecologists, they have been able to provide lifesaving care in these situations without ever performing abortions, and they will continue to do so in the wake of Dobbs. Read more...