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The idiots thought that 6 weeks is 6 weeks from the intercourse, so "plenty of time to discover it".
Instead it's 6 weeks from the last period, meaning in most cases, unless you were actively trying to get pregnant, when you discover that you're pregnant the 6 weeks are already passed or almost passed. You can't even know that the pregnancy is ectopic before 8 weeks, because at 6 weeks the embryo is so small that you can't see it with the ultrasound.
And in this case, an ectopic pregnancy, the embryo is planted in the wrong position, so there are only two outcomes:
So, maybe if the mother at the 5th week and half was experiencing some weird pain in the belly, and had a good insurance that covered a transvaginal ultrasound, they could discover the problem and schedule the abortion before the deadline.
If the mother didn't have a good insurance, just thought "well maybe my belly pain it's just a temporary problem because I'm a week late with my period", when the doctors discover the problem they will say "sorry we discovered the problem 3 days too late according to the arbitrary deadline that the legislators decided, you have two painful weeks left and then you'll die"
Republicans: ... ... TRAAAAAAAAAAAANS?!