Kansans who voted to keep abortion legal may have done so because they fell for a common, yet incorrect, scare tactic. Abortion advocates in Kansas and elsewhere falsely claim that doctors in states with abortion restrictions are not allowed to end a pregnancy to save the mother's life.
Danielle Underwood of Kansans for Life explains, "There was patently false information that was being spread everywhere, that somehow women who experienced miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy, other health conditions, were somehow going to be at risk and that was never the case."
A number of high-profile people who are disappointed in the Supreme Court's ruling on abortion back in June are now claiming expectant women are at increased risk of death if they experience complications during their pregnancy. This misinformation is being spread in the news media as well as on social media by politicians, pundits, and others.
False Claims by Abortion Activists
One of the primary false claims is that doctors in states with abortion restrictions are not allowed to end a pregnancy to save the mother's life. Ectopic pregnancies are most often the subject of this misinformation. An ectopic pregnancy is a rare condition when the baby begins to grow outside the mother's uterus, usually in the fallopian tubes. The child can not survive an ectopic pregnancy, and if left untreated, it could cause the death of the mother as well.
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