# 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, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missouri-suggests-women-guilty-of-ectopic-pregnancy-must-die/961457/98 "2022-03-22T23:50:00Z")

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> [@DavidNRockies](#):
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> These are not the drug most commonly used to therapeutically treat an ectopic pregnancy. **[Methotrexate](https://www.acog.org/womens-health/faqs/ectopic-pregnancy)** is (… again).

My comment stated that abortion pills don’t work for ectopic pregnancy. If you go to a doctor and ask for an abortion pill prescription they aren’t going to give you Methotrexate. They will prescribe mifepristone or misoprostol.

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