Abortion Bans Miscarriage Risks

I've seen it reported recently that both infant and maternal mortality has gone up in states that have outlawed abortion. Even if the doctor forecasts that the pregnancy will be a risk to the mother or infant, they don't want to be second-guessed after the fact and prosecuted for performing the abortion.

Well, this happened: 1. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59214544It's not that much of a stretch to think women could be convicted for using alcohol or tobacco, or eventually for any reason the right wants.Anti-abortion laws could also make doctors wary of treating women for miscarriages, lest they be accused of actually inducing abortion [2]. Women could also

states are going after women who have miscarriages, which is a common possibility of pregnancy. why would anyone take the chance?

You are being snarky and disingenuous.People have been arrested for miscarrying in the US.

Mother and daughter charged https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/us/abortion-prosecution-n...Many women with life threatening conditions get stuck waiting for the inevitable because they have already created evidence by going to a doctor. If anything happens to the baby without evidence of natural causes, they can be prosecut

Or pregnancy and no subsequent childbirth in any of the many states in the US that harshly penalize abortion.

Because they got pregnant. And an abortion wasn't possible, for medical or ethical reasons.Edit: Or for other people's ethical reasons, manifested as laws against abortion.

There have been several cases in the US where the mother wasn't given miscarriage care due to their anti-abortion law not having a clear enough exception. Even where there are if the criteria are too tough the wait can damage the woman's future chances of successfully having a kid too.One example there's several more out there. h

This is happening in the US right nowhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59214544https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-parenthood-a...

Many women get pregnant and want a kid and experience complications. Roughly 25% of pregnancies end in miscarriage. Restrictions on abortion care must necessarily negatively affect care for pregnant women who have not sought & don't want abortion. The care for complications of abortion and miscarriage are essentially identical. Incentives are aligned for doctors to deny care for either. There is no medical, civil, or criminal recourse for women who die or have their health affected by i