A commonly reported fear from critics of laws restricting abortion is doctors will be fearful to take lifesaving action out of concern the proper medical intervention will be erroneously perceived as an illegal abortion. Two articles from ProPublica (here and here) go so far as to blame laws restricting abortion for the deaths of two women, in one case explicitly stating without direct evidence that doctors feared to take lifesaving action because of Georgia laws. This trope has been bandied about again and again to great effect in an attempt to stoke the fears of the general public about the negative consequences of retracing abortion. However, the new medical drama The Pitt, available to stream on Max, offered a twist on how doctors might respond to working in states which explicitly restrict abortion under certain conditions, particularly restriction based how far along the pregnancy is. They can lie about the development of the unborn.

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