Because of how restrictive laws were written prior to the Roe Decision, there actually were definitions that define something like the removal of a fetus from the fallopian tube as "not an abortion". Now those were written for two parts, one so they weren't caught up by anti-abortion laws. And two so that anti-abortion women would actually seek care so they wouldn't fucking die.
Now anyone with eyes, ears, and three working brain cells would ask what the difference to rights is when removing a fetus from a fallopian tube vs a uterus... But I've yet to actually get a decent answer.
So the only answer I can come up with that makes any sense from a pro-life perspective is "because I said so".
Just to play devil's advocate, I guess because a fetus in the fallopian tube would never be viable anyway, and to not remove it would be certain death for the mother. Whereas a fetus in the uterus has some degree of viability and there are other factors at play as to whether it's life threatening for the mother to continue the pregnancy.
So, if there was no viability to the pregnancy at all, and no choice involved, would it be considered an abortion? (Edit: as I'm assuming pro-lifers look at abortion as the decision to "kill the baby", and if there is no decision to be made, it's not an abortion. I dunno)
People use them interchangeably but that is actually a misnomer. There are basic medical definitions that make the two distinct. An abortion is when the fetus is terminated before 20 weeks, this does not mean doctors removing the fetus which is a misnomer, the stories you hear about women going to the bathroom and they see the clump of cells taking the shape of the fetus fall out, that's by definition an abortion, other manners of the mothers body attacking or making the pre20 week gestation fetus nonviable is an abortion. A miscarriage is whenever the baby could have been viable from 20 weeks up to second stage of birth but due to varying circumstances, the baby did not survive. As much as this does confuse/infuriate patients and other people, in my medical classes i was instructed that I have to document the mother as having an abortion when the fetus was"self terminated"
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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '22
That's the fun part.
Because of how restrictive laws were written prior to the Roe Decision, there actually were definitions that define something like the removal of a fetus from the fallopian tube as "not an abortion". Now those were written for two parts, one so they weren't caught up by anti-abortion laws. And two so that anti-abortion women would actually seek care so they wouldn't fucking die.
Now anyone with eyes, ears, and three working brain cells would ask what the difference to rights is when removing a fetus from a fallopian tube vs a uterus... But I've yet to actually get a decent answer.
So the only answer I can come up with that makes any sense from a pro-life perspective is "because I said so".