U.S. Senate candidate Val Demings supports abortion 'up until the point of viability or when it threatens the health of the woman, the mother.' Most states with abortion bans include an exception for medical emergencies.
Gregory's comment mischaracterizes the scope of the legislation. It did not explicitly require states to keep abortion legal in all cases past the point of fetal viability.
The legislation said governments may not prohibit abortion services before fetal viability. It also said abortions after fetal viability are allowed if a provider determines the pregnancy risks the woman's life or health. Maxwell Mehlman, a law professor and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, told PolitiFact in August that physicians already have a legal responsibility to intervene when a patient's life is threatened.