We Can Save A Woman’s Life Without Ending Her Unborn Child’s

[Kamaji]

We Can Save A Woman’s Life Without Ending Her Unborn Child’s

More than 1,000 OB-GYNs and health care experts have determined, in their experience, that abortion is never necessary to save a woman’s life.

BY: ERICKA ANDERSEN
JULY 31, 2023

A recent report reveals there were more than 32,000 fewer abortions in the six months following the overturning of Roe v. Wade when compared to the average number of abortions performed in the months before the decision. Despite these many lives saved, pro-abortion activists say we need legalized abortion to save the lives of women.

Is abortion needed to save the lives of women? The data says no. 

Even back in 2013, a study to determine “why women seek abortion in the US” found that only 12 percent of women cited “health-related reasons” for their decision to abort. These “reasons,” though, could be anything from back pain to mental health concerns — many times a far cry from “medically necessary.” In fact, this study found that the “most frequently mentioned theme” mothers referenced for ending the lives of their unborn children was related to finances.

The reality is that women don’t require abortion to save their lives. As of January 2023, the Charlotte Lozier Institute found that only 0.2 percent of abortions occurred due to “risk to the woman’s life or a major bodily function” (emphasis mine). 

“Nothing could be further from the truth” than the idea that abortion is “medically necessary” to save a woman’s life, said Dr. Anthony Levatino — an obstetrician-gynecologist and board member of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG) — in an interview with Live Action.

Levatino, who worked at one of the top high-risk obstetrics hospitals in America for nine years, said he’s “saved hundreds of women from life-threatening pregnancies” through early induction and C-sections, never once having to deliberately kill a child in the process.

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Source:  https://thefederalist.com/2023/07/31/we-can-save-a-womans-life-without-ending-her-unborn-childs/

[PeteS in CA]

Ectopic pregnancy included? Or is that not considered an abortion (= word game)?

[Kamaji]

Ectopic pregnancy included? Or is that not considered an abortion (= word game)?

The point does not appear to be addressed in the article one way or the other.

[Polly Ticks]

Ectopic pregnancy included? Or is that not considered an abortion (= word game)?

The definition of abortion is "the removal of pregnancy tissue, products of conception or the fetus and placenta (afterbirth) from the uterus."  An ectopic pregnancy is not located in the uterus, so no, it should not be considered an abortion.