The mother took abortion pills that were legally prescribed to her in another state. She appeared at a hospital in GA where abortion is not legal. The fetus was already dead, but not completely removed. It was rotting, and the mother's life was in danger.

The law in GA did not make it illegal for them to operate nor did it require them to wait until the mother was near death before operating.

The doctors were afraid that prosecutors would accuse them of being "accessories" to an illegal abortion. But they werent.
The baby was already dead. They had verified that the baby was dead and they had no history with the mother. Instead of manning up and doing what was right, they behaved like cowards in the face of a new and untested law.

The pro-life side won but they have not been prepared to foster cooperative relationships with medical providers and prosecutors. Those two don't trust each other. The medical board is supposed to be an intermediary between them. That's not working out. The medical boards just want these laws to go away.

The other thing we need to learn from this very sad story is, most women who have abortions already have kids they are raising. They know what it's like to have an infant in the house and they would do anything to not deal with it again. Pro life people need to focus on them - offering to help them keep the baby if they become pregnant, and encouraging them to get IUDs before they get pregnant if they don't want to be pregnant again.

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