Experts criticize Republican bill to exclude life-saving procedures from ‘abortion’ definition

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…“unborn child” is not a medically recognized term because doctors don’t confer personhood to a fertilized egg or fetus.
Carley Zeal, PRH Fellow

A new Republican bill that would exempt certain life-saving medical procedures from falling under the definition of “abortion” is drawing criticism from medical professionals despite being described by its authors as an attempt to protect reproductive health care.

Under the bill, introduced on Friday, medical procedures “designed or intended to prevent the death of a pregnant woman and not designed or intended to kill the unborn child” would not fall under Wisconsin’s abortion definition. They would also not be subject to state laws prohibiting funding for “abortion-related activities” and Wisconsin’s ban on abortion past 20 weeks.