How new US abortion bans muddle up medical emergencies
Moments after unveiling a bill that would ban all abortions in the United States at 15-weeks, US Senator Lindsey Graham was interrupted by a mother with a devastating story.
But for certain pregnancy complications, they are an accepted and not uncommon procedure to save lives.an abortion was used to save her life when she was 20 weeks along with a pregnancy that was unviable.For the last year, Amanda Horton, a Texas doctor who specialises in high-risk pregnancies, has struggled to care for patients with pregnancy complications.
About a dozen states' laws include language allowing abortions in cases of a "medical emergency", and three specifically include an exception for foetal anomalies. West Virginia, which just passed an abortion ban this week, outlaws the procedure "except in a medical emergency or a non-medically viable foetus".
In July, a Texas woman identified only as Amanda, told the New York Times that she spent 48 hours in agony, sitting in a bathtub while the water turned "dark red" as she waited for her body to expel the pregnancy after suffering a miscarriage.Previously, when she had a miscarriage, doctors had performed a dilation and curettage procedure, in which tissue is removed from the uterus.
But for people facing difficult pregnancies, these laws, in practice, can get in the way of medical care.
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