Since the first state abortion bans kicked in, the legacy media has relentlessly pushed the narrative that women are showing up at emergency rooms needing abortions and are being refused, putting their lives at risk.
“Abortion bans complicate risky pregnancy care,” an Associated Press article published Monday asserts.
The article cites several examples of women with ectopic pregnancies and other conditions who were sent home and later suffered complications. In one example from Texas, a bleeding woman with an ectopic pregnancy was misdiagnosed by emergency room doctors as having a miscarriage and sent home, only to return three days later and suffer a ruptured fallopian tube.
In an ectopic pregnancy, the baby implants in the fallopian tube or another unviable place, putting the mother’s life at risk. Treatment involves either surgery to remove the baby (often the whole fallopian…