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Cynthia M. Allen

Cynthia M. Allen: Medical care after miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy is not abortion. Stop saying it is

In the days since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision nullified Roe v. Wade, returning the regulation of abortion back to the states, there has been a campaign of misinformation about what constitutes an abortion.

Celebrities and pundits who support abortion on demand are the biggest culprits, using their substantial platforms to scare women into believing that treatment for ectopic pregnancies and medical care after a miscarriage would be banned under a post-Roe regime.

On June 27, actress Halle Berry tweeted: “The treatment for an ectopic pregnancy is abortion. ... The treatment for a miscarriage that your body won’t release is abortion. If you can’t get those abortions, you die.”

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