A new bill, HB 413, sponsored by nearly two dozen Republicans in the Ohio House, would take “all possible steps to preserve the life of the unborn child” including taking a (potentially fatal) ectopic pregnancy and reimplanting it into the woman’s uterus.
That’s not a thing that doctors do. That’s not how anything works.
Yet not considering this option, according to the anti-abortion bill, could lead to a punishment for the doctor for “abortion murder.” Which also isn’t a thing.
Just in passing, I want to mention that this article is a year old.
What’s next? A law that all viable sperm cells ejaculated during masturbation must be saved and forced back into the testicles?
Or just make masterbating illegal - those for profit jails need to be filled.
@Beowulfsfriend all those millions of potential babies! The horror!
It is sad that the american taliban are taking over America. It is sad how little science they know. The cluster of cells in the ectopic pregnancy would not survive. The embryo has to form the connection to the placenta within days and once that is severed it will not happen again. All this bill will do is cause further harm and discomfort to the mother when she then has to pass out the clump of cells if she does not develop a septic uterus from the dead cells.
The medical ignorance of those Republicans can only be described as lethal.
if the thing lived, (highly unlikely!) it would most likely be stunted. If it died, the mother would die from sepsis as it decayed...but 'way to go, lawmakers.....
Fine...but the Insurance Companies can refuse to pay for it and you know the Woman can't afford it...let the State pay for it...FULL PRICE BILLED BY THE DOCTOR AND THE HOSPITAL..oh and don't forget ALL COSTS ASSOSIATED WITH THE HOST...that includes her DOCTOR and MEDICATIONS and DELIVERY COSTS...what would that add up to???...hmmm I bet $1 MILLION PLUS PER BABY...probably double or triple that in actual billing...see how far the Bill gets when they realize it isn't a free ride...assholes.
Not just assholes, but willfully ignorant arrogant assholes.
These are Republicans, they don't believe in public assistence either. It will mean either women with ectopic pregnancies won't be treated and they die, or we have lots of OBGYN's lose their practice because the requirement of this law doesn't conform to standard medical practices. More women and babies will suffer because of such a law if it ever passes. Pregnancy and childbirth already has a higher mortality rate than does having abortion. It will only increase under such a law.
@anglophone I stand corrected...willfully ignorant, arrogant, ASSHOLES...