Walsh sparks firestorm with comment on necessity of medical abortion

Illinois Republican Rep. Joe Walsh is drawing flack from Democrats for his comment Thursday that, thanks to medical advances, there are no longer situations in which abortion is necessary to save a woman’s life.
During a debate with his Democratic opponent Tammy Duckworth, Walsh said that he opposed abortion “without exception,” even in cases of rape, incest, or when the life of the mother was in danger.
After the debate, WGN radio reported, Walsh was asked by reporters if he opposed an exception for the life or health of the mother because he felt such an exception was medically unnecessary.

“Absolutely,” he said.
“With modern technology and science, you can’t find one instance,” he said. “… There is no such exception as life of the mother, and as far as health of the mother, same thing.”
Medical experts disputed the claim.
Dr. Erika Levi, an obstetrician-gynecologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, cited a variety of reasons that a pregnancy can turn dangerous, according to the Chicago Tribune.
“Life-threatening medical conditions that can lead to terminating a pregnancy include infections of the uterus or the amniotic sac surrounding the fetus, some heart conditions and pre-eclampsia, a rapid rise in blood pressure that occurs during pregnancy and in the period right afterward,” the Tribune wrote.

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