Posted on Mar 25, 2023
Republicans try to fix confusion over ectopic pregnancies and abortion
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Confusion around whether doctors in Idaho could treat pregnancy complications, like ectopic pregnancies, without running afoul of the state’s criminal abortion ban could be cleared up under a new bill.
Sen. Scott Herndon’s (R-Sagle) proposal defines an abortion as intentionally killing a living fetus or embryo in utero.
Tailoring it that way, Herndon said, explicitly addresses ectopic pregnancies, in which a fertilized egg implants outside the uterus and can cause life-threatening bleeding if it isn’t treated, according to the Mayo Clinic.
He said his bill would allow abortions in those circumstances, as well as when a fetus dies in the womb.
“This would offer extreme clarity that clearly, if the baby is already pre-deceased, the physician is never going to be in danger of a criminal penalty,” Herndon said.
Sen. Scott Herndon’s (R-Sagle) proposal defines an abortion as intentionally killing a living fetus or embryo in utero.
Tailoring it that way, Herndon said, explicitly addresses ectopic pregnancies, in which a fertilized egg implants outside the uterus and can cause life-threatening bleeding if it isn’t treated, according to the Mayo Clinic.
He said his bill would allow abortions in those circumstances, as well as when a fetus dies in the womb.
“This would offer extreme clarity that clearly, if the baby is already pre-deceased, the physician is never going to be in danger of a criminal penalty,” Herndon said.
Republicans try to fix confusion over ectopic pregnancies and abortion
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As a former Medic and a clinician of fifty years, life is both precious and tenuous simultaneously.
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Ectopic pregnancy is the implantation of a pregnancy in a site other than the endometrial lining of the uterine cavity—ie, in the fallopian tube, uterine cornua, cervix, ovary, or abdominal or pelvic cavity. Ectopic pregnancies cannot be carried to term and eventually rupture or involute. Ectopic pregnancy is fatal to the fetus, but if treatment occurs before rupture, maternal death is rare. In the US in 2007, the mortality rate due to ectopic pregnancy was 1/100.000 women. Legislators are correct and justified to "fix confusion" over language in their laws. The cases of choosing the life of the mother vs the baby are rare indeed. Republicans are simply trying to protect the innocent lives who cannot speak for themselves from within the womb, while not also placing the mother &/or her doctor in legal peril.
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