Abortion

38. ABORTION

MPA supports legal elective abortion during early pregnancy, generally through 14 weeks, followed by greater legal protection for unborn life.

Exceptions should include:

• Rape

• Incest

• Serious threat to the mother's life

• Serious threat of substantial irreversible physical harm

• Severe fetal conditions incompatible with sustained life after birth

Treatment for:

• Ectopic pregnancy

• Miscarriage

• Sepsis

• Hemorrhage

• Other genuine pregnancy emergencies

must remain legally available.

Women should not be imprisoned merely for obtaining an abortion.

MPA supports contraception, adoption reform, prenatal healthcare, maternal health, and practical policies that reduce unintended pregnancies.

Make abortion less necessary rather than pretending government can eliminate the circumstances that lead to it.