“Therefore, of the millions of pregnancies seen in physicians’ offices each year, there are “thousands of exceptions” to a flat ban on abortion, and the circumstances of each case must be considered individually.”
Like I said, I’m not buying that interpretation of his words. An exception to a law, or rule, is not going to say: No abortions, except if Mary Miller has an ectopic pregnancy, or if Betty Jones has an ectopic pregnancy, or if Suzie Smith has an ectopic pregnancy, etc. If he is just talking about ectopic pregnancies, then that is one exception, not thousands. There really isn’t much to consider individually with an ectopic pregnancy either. It’s not as if some of them will carry it to term and others won’t, so it’s a pretty standard scenario.
So, it doesn’t seem reasonable to read Paul’s words as you do, and even if we give him the benefit of the doubt and read them that way, we are still left with a situation where any abortion can be performed by any doctor for any reason. After all, each case must be judged by the doctor individually, so we are placing the decision in the doctor’s hands, and trusting them to decide when it is appropriate. If the doctor is pro-abortion, and the woman just wants one for convenience, you WILL see such doctors approving them as a matter of course.