“It’s upsetting that this medically impossible procedure was included in a bill for many reasons, but it’s particularly insulting to the people who have had to endure the agony that comes with ectopic pregnancies.” via WMC's the_fbomb
reported that Iowa Senator Jodi Ernst used an example of a baby who was born at 22 weeks and survived as evidence that a fetus is viable earlier in a pregnancy than previously thought — but that outcome is the medical exception rather than the rule. Citing data from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the article reports that babies born at 22 weeks have only 1% chance of survival and, even when they do survive, are at high risk for health issues like cerebral palsy.
It’s important to call out and correct false claims like the ones this latest Ohio bill makes. It’s important in this specific case to raise awareness about the medical reality of ectopic pregnancies. But it also remains abundantly clear that the bill’s writers never had any interest in factual accuracy. When pressed to back up the bill’s stance on ectopic pregnancies, Ohio Rep. John Becker, one of which was published in 1917.
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