https://www.irishcentral.com/news/savita-halappanavar
This woman died because Irish law prevented the hospital from removing a nonviable fetus as long as it had a fetal heartbeat even though it was killing the mother.
According to CDC statistics less than 1% of all abortions occur after 21 weeks. No one carries a child for 6 months and just decides at that point that she wants to abort for convenience reasons. Instead, that's the point where excitement and anticipation are building, names being selected, etc. if a dire situation develops that puts the life of the mother at risk, it is incredibly heartbreaking. Extremely difficult decisions must be made. How does a mother, and father, weigh the loss of the fetus against losing the life of the mother? What is the responsibility of the mother to stay alive for her other children versus an unborn fetus?
That decision should only be made by the mother, the father and their doctor. And if they so believe, their religious advisor. But certainly not the government. It is obscene to think that the government can force a woman to die over a fetus. How can they possibly presume to make that call?
But that's exactly what is happening in our country. When you hear of states passing abortion laws with no provisions for life of the mother, that is exactly what they are doing.