If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, it could alter the course of pregnancy for more than 300,000 people who will have already conceived in 'trigger law' states.
. That's because ultrasounds don’t usually give a clear picture of abnormalities until around 18 to 20 weeks, and patients must wait until nearly halfway into pregnancy to get tests like an amniocentesis to diagnose genetic disorders. The Supreme Court's Roe decision is likely about seven weeks away.
"Right away, they told us that we really had to make a decision: Did we want to continue the pregnancy?" she said. Miller and her husband made the painful choice to terminate. Two days later, they got the amniocentesis results: The fetus also had a severe case of a chromosomal disorder called DiGeorge syndrome.
"A lot of people have had to step away from social media because it’s just so triggering right now," Miller said. private citizens to sue anyone who provides abortion care or helps someone obtain an abortion more than six weeks into pregnancy. But if Roe is reversed, the state's trigger law would ban all abortions except to prevent death or serious injury of the mother. Baker said she's concerned about how doctors might interpret that exception in the law.
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