Don't want to sound like a jerk, but what about if it's a choice between the baby or the mother? Would the city demand the mother forfeit her life for a chance at a successful delivery?
.
The vast majority of time when a mother’s life is at stake in a pregnancy of 6 moths or beyond, because she has preeclampsia (a common pregnancy complication) or some other emergency, an abortion takes too long.
A surgeon can do a crash C-section much faster.
What did they do in Biblical times?
I haven’t read the bill, but I sincerely doubt it.
Prior to Roe v Wade, For the mother’s life, it was legal in many states. Quite a few allowed it for cases of incest or rape.
Two states had more liberal standards. New York and Washington.
The Supreme Court decision was not meant to be unlimited abortion at any time for no reason — viability of the baby was a key — hence it was widely reported that Supremes ruled that abortion was legal during the first trimester.
Pretty much the only time the mother’s life is endagered by pregnancy is an ectopic pregnancy, which is always removed. Situations where a mother’s life is in danger from pregnancy are otherwise extremely rare, and health issues during pregancy usually have some medical treatment such as high blood pressure.