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In reply to the discussion: Ohio bill orders doctors to 'reimplant ectopic pregnancy' or face 'abortion murder' charges [View all]wnylib
(21,432 posts)woman to bleed. The fallopian tube can burst from the pressure of the embryo growing. This causes peritonitis and septic shock as well as hemorrhaging. Not to mention that the pain is excruciating.
Never happened to me but I knew a woman years ago that went through this. I worked with her husband who was out of the office on business when we got the emergency call from their neighbor. This was before cell phones and we frantically tried to track down the husband, leaving messages every place he might be.
She nearly died, but did survive, minus one tube.. Bleeding, infection, near zero vitals -- how the hell could anyone save an embryo in that situation, let alone implant it in the uterus while keeping the mother alive?
What total insanity.