>>>Yeah, this one, if signed, will cause women to die. Many women don't know they're pregnant by the time you can hear a heartbeat. (Worth noting that weeks of pregnancy count from the last period, so 6 weeks is really more like 4 weeks after fertilization.) Ectopic pregnancies generally aren't detectable until around 7 weeks. Women with ectopic pregnancies can die if the pregnancy isn't terminated.
>
>Sorry to keep doing it, but can I just quote the actual verbiage added to House Bill 493: abortion still is explicitly allowed "to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or to prevent a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman."
>
>In view of this, can you explain why you say the bill is going to cause women to die? Not saying I support the bill, it's just difficult to think about stuff when you're forced to go back to source every time. The MSM is supposed to be putting balanced facts out there, but it continues to fail dismally.

If that's in there, then you're right. The reporting I saw failed to mention it, and ectopic pregnancy is less of an issue. (That said, I've read a number of first-hand stories recently from women who had a very hard time getting late-term abortions for fetal death or for fetal conditions incompatible with life. In some cases, they had to travel to other states. So this bill could make it much harder for women with ectopic pregnancies to get the abortions they need.)

Tamar