I doubt you are going to catch me looking, unless this fox is male...then I might look. ; ) Also, while I am a redhead, I was never a stepchild as parents still married.
If someone is in imminent risk of dying (which is sometimes the case with toxemia), then maybe they need to do what they have to do. I wonder how often that happens in the grand scheme of things.
I think it is less than 1% of all abortions.
I think they need to change the name of the procedure to...something like...saving the life of the mother?
"If someone is in imminent risk of dying (which is sometimes the case with toxemia), then maybe they need to do what they have to do. I wonder how often that happens in the grand scheme of things."
I'm guessing it's not often...but enough for a student to have to know what to do.
I would guess ectopic pregnancy is the most common reason...the embryo implants into the tube. There is no chance (as of now) to save the embryo, and it will eventually rupture the tube causing life threatening bleeding for the mother.
With most of the other conditions already mentioned, a good doctor will treat both the baby and the mother and try to save them both.
Certainly, when a baby is viable it doesn't make sense to tear it apart limb from limb.