{"id":1579178,"date":"2022-07-29T14:10:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T18:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1579178"},"modified":"2022-07-29T14:10:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T18:10:57","slug":"misinformation-study-debunks-one-of-the-medias-biggest-lies-about-abortion-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/misinformation-study-debunks-one-of-the-medias-biggest-lies-about-abortion-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Misinformation\u2019: Study Debunks One Of The Media\u2019s Biggest Lies About Abortion Restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmisinformation-study-debunks-one-of-the-medias-biggest-lies-about-abortion-restrictions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1579178&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/2021-12-17T192700Z_597390254_RC249R9D5AN4_RTRMADP_3_USA-COURT-ABORTION-e1659116278531-scaled.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Each of the 23 states with significant abortion restrictions has exceptions in place to protect the lives of mothers, a Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) study found.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/s27589.pcdn.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/On-Point-86-Pro-Life-Laws-Protect-Mom-and-Baby-pdf.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">study<\/a> comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/opinion\/story\/2022-07-05\/op-ed-abortion-ban-exceptions-cannot-protect-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">numerous<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/04\/world\/americas\/abortion-pregnancy-health.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2022\/07\/20\/texas-abortion-law-miscarriages-ectopic-pregnancies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">from<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2022\/07\/04\/we-are-not-going-back-to-the-time-before-roe-we-are-going-somewhere-worse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">corporate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewtrusts.org\/en\/research-and-analysis\/blogs\/stateline\/2022\/06\/22\/critics-fear-abortion-bans-could-jeopardize-health-of-pregnant-women\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2022\/07\/abortion-ban-life-of-the-mother-exception\/670582\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outlets<\/a> stirring fears that state abortion limits could prevent doctors from providing life-saving care to pregnant women. In reality, every state abortion limit that has gone into effect since Roe v. Wade was overturned allows doctors to terminate pregnancies to save the life of a mother, the study found.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA plain reading of any of these statutes easily refutes the false and dangerous misinformation being spread by pro-abortion activists,\u201d Mary E. Harned, attorney and CLI scholar <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/fact-check-state-pro-life-laws-explicitly-protect-lives-of-pregnant-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>. \u201cFurther, none of these laws prohibit a medical professional from acting as necessary when facing a life-threatening medical emergency. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo claim otherwise is either ignorance of the law or willful misrepresentation at the expense of women and their unborn children who deserve to be treated with dignity and respect,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We hope this map clears up any confusion.<\/p>\n<p>Read CLI\u2019s full state-by-state analysis, including plain-language citations from pro-life state laws, legal analysis, and relevant citations from medical bulletins: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fccq3OFbIA\">https:\/\/t.co\/fccq3OFbIA<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lifeisahumanright?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#lifeisahumanright<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eoLr6Hk2sL\">pic.twitter.com\/eoLr6Hk2sL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Charlotte Lozier Institute (@LozierInstitute) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LozierInstitute\/status\/1552394741634957313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>States with abortion bans that were unenforceable under the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/24\/roe-v-wade-overturned-supreme-court-dobbs-v-jackson-womens-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roe v. Wade<\/a> precedent \u2014 which generally blocked restrictions on abortion through the first six months of pregnancy\u00a0\u2014 allow doctors to perform abortions to save the lives of women based on reasonable medical judgement, a common standard in the medical profession and in cases involving potential medical malpractice, according to CLI.<\/p>\n<p>Some state laws make explicit exceptions for procedures such as ectopic pregnancy removal and miscarriage treatment, but none of the restrictions outlaw those procedures or any medical procedure doctors would perform in a life-threatening emergency, according to the study.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shall not be a violation \u2026 for a licensed physician to perform a medical procedure necessary in\u00a0reasonable medical judgement to prevent the death or substantial risk of death due to a physical condition, or to prevent the serious, permanent impairment of a life-sustaining organ of a pregnant woman,\u201d Louisiana\u2019s abortion ban <a href=\"https:\/\/legis.la.gov\/legis\/Law.aspx?d=97020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reads<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/28\/google-abortion-data-private-medical-breaches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Americans Should Not Be Deceived\u2019: Experts Sound The Alarm On Google\u2019s Pledge To Protect Abortion Data)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the exercise of reasonable medical judgement, the pregnant female on whom the abortion is performed, induced, or attempted has a life-threatening physical condition aggravated by, caused by, or arising from a pregnancy that places the female at risk of death or poses a serious risk of substantial impairment of a major bodily function unless the abortion is performed or induced,\u201d Texas\u2019s abortion ban <a href=\"https:\/\/statutes.capitol.texas.gov\/Docs\/HS\/htm\/HS.171.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Ingrid Skop, a board-certified OBGYN, said state abortion laws allow doctors to use reasonable medical judgement to determine if terminating a pregnancy is necessary to save a woman\u2019s life and that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has published dozens of guides for making such determinations, <a href=\"https:\/\/lozierinstitute.org\/fact-check-state-pro-life-laws-explicitly-protect-lives-of-pregnant-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to a CLI press release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I read pro-abortion media reports quoting doctors as saying they are unsure what action they can take in the <em>Dobbs\u00a0<\/em>era, I have to ask if the doctors have read the law and if they\u2019ve read the ACOG bulletins that are commonly used as guidance by OB\/GYNs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each of the 23 states with significant abortion restrictions has exceptions in place to protect the lives of mothers, a Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) study found.The study comes after numerous\u00a0reports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1579178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1579178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1579178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1579178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1579178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}