The ban on abortion in some states of the USA has led to the spread of more dangerous methods of terminating unwanted pregnancies. This was reported by medrivaHe cites a study by scientists from KFF.
Half of US states have laws prohibiting or restricting access to abortion. Their adoption has led to an increase in the average waiting time for an abortion: it ranges from five to eight working days. While political and ideological debates continue, the lives and health of women, especially those facing complex pregnancies, are at risk.
The abortion ban forced women to move out of state, leaving some without access to safer medical abortions. Research has also shown that some clinics are seeing an increase in the number of patients having abortions at 14 weeks or later, which is associated with increased health risks.
Additionally, some women have to go to court to get permission to have an abortion, even if the pregnancy threatens their lives. A woman in Texas was allowed to terminate her pregnancy because she was deemed unviable due to fetal pathology. The decision was made after doctors confirmed that continuing the pregnancy posed a risk to the woman’s health and her ability to become pregnant and bear the child in the future. In another case, a Texas judge ruled that a woman with an extra chromosome 18 (trisomy 18) could have an abortion.
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