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Morning Joe 8/25/22

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South Carolina's 20 21 Heart Beat Abortion Law, Bans Abortions After Six Weeks

State representative nel collins shared the story of how south carolina's 20 21 heart beat abortion law, which bans abortions after six weeks, and that he supported, had a direct impact on a 19 year old woman in his district who ended up in the e r at 15 weeks pregnant. A 19 year old girl appeared at the e r when her water broke and the fetus was unbiable. The standard of care was to advise her that they could extract, or she could go home. But because of the fetal heartbeat bill, because that 15 weeks old had a heartbeat, the doctors could not extract. There's a 50 % chance, greater than 50 per cent Chance That She'll lose

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