Ectopic pregnancies are not viable and must be terminated, but doctors don’t call it an abortion. They aren’t included in abortion bans, but unclear laws could impact treatment.
defines it as "the use or prescription of any substance, device, instrument, medicine, or drug to intentionally terminate the pregnancy of an individual known to be pregnant."
The lack of consensus over the definition for an abortion makes defining the treatment for an ectopic pregnancy confusing and it can have real-world implications. All of the 18 states expected to ban abortion following the overturning of Roe v. Wade have exceptions for the life of the patient or a medical emergency.
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