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"This case could ... make pregnant people second-class citizens in America's emergency rooms."

But it could also “have the effect of spurring the anti-abortion movement to lobby the Legislature to actually make pregnant people subject to criminal or civil liability.”

This would compound other burdens imposed by various states, such as mandatory waiting periods and forced ultrasounds that serve no medical purpose and are designed to make pregnant people less likely to get an abortion.

Research has also determined which risk factors make pregnant individuals even more susceptible to severe COVID.

Extra tests can make pregnant people anxious, for instance, and misdiagnoses can lead to unnecessary labor inductions and C-sections, said Cathrine Ebbing, an obstetrician at Haukeland University Hospital and an assistant professor at the University of Bergen in Norway.