The ‘Abortion to Save the Life of the Mother’ Scam
In the past, “to save the life of the mother” was used as a loophole to get around the law.
Mainstream media outlets are full of stories about pregnant people whose lives are endangered by their pregnancy and who need an abortion. But sometimes, abortion to save the life of the mother is a scam.
Pro-Lifers and Abortions to Save the Life of the Mother
Individual cases vary, and there are indeed times when a pregnant person’s life can be endangered by a pregnancy. In many of these cases, premature delivery instead of abortion is an option, even when the child is too premature to survive. Directly killing the baby by dismemberment isn’t a requirement.
Live Action News discusses how a premature delivery, even when a child has no chance of survival, is different from an abortion.
The media often casts pro-lifers as the bad guys when we require confirmation of a life-endangering pregnancy or put ground rules in place for abortions to save a woman’s life. But there is a very good reason pro-lifers want (and need) to do this.
Pro-abortion activists are trying to create a loophole. They want to give one doctor, the abortionist, the authority…
