When Missouri doctors terminate a pregnancy because of a medical emergency, they must report their decision to the state. Then prosecutors review it and decide whether or not to charge them with a criminal violation of the state’s abortion ban. https://t.co/mYSzTuZrXI pic.twitter.com/g6RxSn06g2

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) July 27, 2022

Some Missouri hospitals are instructing doctors not to treat patients with an ectopic pregnancy until they are “unstable” or experiencing blood loss. Only at that point can they terminate the pregnancy (which is unviable by definition). https://t.co/mYSzTuZrXI pic.twitter.com/o2myKmcBOS

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) July 27, 2022