Mental seizures excluded from some state abortion exemptions

Mental seizures excluded from some state abortion exemptions

Mental health advocates say there’s a cruel quirk in several states’ abortion bans: There are exemptions for life-threatening emergencies, but psychiatric crises don’t count. It makes no sense to an Arizona mother of three who became suicidal during her fourth pregnancy and says an abortion saved her life. Or researcher Kara Zivin, who nearly died …

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