# Missouri suggests women guilty of ectopic pregnancy must die

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**Created:** [March 22, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-suggests-women-guilty-of-ectopic-pregnancy-must-die/961457 "2022-03-22T01:36:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-suggests-women-guilty-of-ectopic-pregnancy-must-die/961457/57 "2022-03-22T18:09:21Z")

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> [@brossa](#):
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> It is stated clearly that performing or attempting to perform an abortion on a woman with an ectopic pregnancy is a Class A felon

I disagree. It may be that, somewhere else, Missouri makes performing an abortion for an ectopic pregnancy illegal. But that doesn’t come from here.

The text, as you note, is perfectly clear: A person is guilty of the crime if they prescribe, etc., a drug, etc., to perform an abortion on another person “in violation of state or federal law.”

The elements are simple.

1. A person who
2. Prescribes, etc.
3. A drug etc.
4. For an abortion
5. On another person
6. That is in violation of state or federal law.

The enhancement is similarly straightforward: The above etc. is done on a woman who has an ectopic pregnancy.

The bill makes it a crime to supply the drugs used for an already illegal abortion. It has an enhancement when that illegal abortion is performed on a woman with an ectopic pregnancy.

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