A protester holds a hanger that says "Never Again" as abortion rights demonstrators gather in front of the Supreme Court of the United States on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Washington, D.C.. - Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times/TNS
The nightmarish experience of an expectant mother in Texas underscores why lawmakers, in their zeal to protect the unborn at all costs, should have no business telling doctors how to do their jobs. The Houston woman, Elizabeth Weller, badly wanted a child and was heartbroken when her water broke at 18 weeks of pregnancy. The baby’s chances of survival were minuscule, and a painful, suffocating death was assured without amniotic fluid to surround the baby in the womb for the remaining weeks of pregnancy. But Texas lawmakers had so confused the rules about when an abortion could legally occur un...
