Why doctors say the 'save the mother's life' exception of abortion bans is medically risky:
An abortion rights protester holds a placard in front of an anti-abortion protester during demonstrations following the leaked Supreme Court opinion suggesting the possibility of overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, in New York City, May 14, 2022.have been passed across the United States, banning the procedure after a certain number of weeks.
But doctors told ABC News the language of these laws is vague and makes it unclear what qualifies as a mother's life being in danger, what the risk of death is, and how imminent death must be before a provider can act. She continued, "So do I have to wait until they're on death's doorstep, or can I intervene at that point to prevent more harm and more damage to them?"
The third category includes pregnancies in which fetuses would not survive if they were born. This includes an ectopic pregnancy, which occurs when a fertilized egg implants and grows outside the uterus.Oklahoma state Rep. Jim Olsen, a Republican who sponsored a bill that would make it a felony to perform abortions, said Oklahoma doesn't have specific definitions of what might constitute "lifesaving" to make sure an example isn't missed.
"The science of medicine is not subjective, and a strongly held personal belief should never outweigh scientific evidence, override standards of medical care, or drive policy that puts a person's health and life at risk," the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said in a 2019The exceptions raise concerns about timing for abortions, doctors said.
"The threat to the life of the patient isn't imminent, meaning the pregnancy and illness are not life-threatening at the moment," she said. "But if someone, for example, were to delay treatment for eight or nine months, the cancer may advance in that instance and then they have a worse cancer when they begin to treat it."
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