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The reality is that in nearly all cases continuing the pregnancy puts the mother’s life at risk, the baby is almost certain to die anyway because it is generally an ectopic.

True, but there are other medical conditions that would have to be considered. For example, delaying chemotherapy could be fatal to the mother, but getting chemotherapy would kill the child. Toxemia generally occurs late in pregnancies, after the child has become viable, but not always. Taking the child early puts its life at greater risk, but could be necessary to save the life of the mother. If the child is taken early, but dies, I wouldn't wanna see anyone charged.

This situation is very rare and nobody is suggesting that the mother not be operated on.

Ectopic is the easy one & on it, you are correct.

As far as rape/incest goes, statistics suggest that only about one to two percent of abortions are performed on women who conceived during rape or incest. However, in these cases, abortion is still not the answer. No CIVILIZED society has ever punished the child for the crimes of their father.

You'll notice I didn't allow for rape, incest or health exceptions.

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True, but there are other medical conditions that would have to be considered. For example, delaying chemotherapy could be fatal to the mother, but getting chemotherapy would kill the child. Toxemia generally occurs late in pregnancies, after the child has become viable, but not always. Taking the child early puts its life at greater risk, but could be necessary to save the life of the mother. If the child is taken early, but dies, I wouldn't wanna see anyone charged.

You are correct, and I don't see abortion ever being banned in these circumstances. The real issue is DEFINING what is meant by "life of the mother." A 20 year old crying about how she is going to have stretch marks and never look good in a bikini again and is depressed because she doesn't think it's fair that she have to be resonsible DOES NOT COUNT.