I just wonder how often these days a doctor has to tell a mother it’s either her or the baby. I imagine it’s used as a justification for pro-killing far more than the actual circumstances warrant.
I can only imagine that a tubal pregnancy would be the most common example of a situation where a woman’s life could be endangered by a pregnancy.
But that situation is fairly rare and occurs very early on in a pregnancy.
There are legitimate threats to the mother's life that warrant abortion--the most common being an ectopic pregnancy (where the fetus develops outside the womb). According to WebMD, this occurs in about 1 of every 50 pregnancies. These are medical emergencies that really can kill the mother fairly quickly if the fetus is not removed.
I also read of a case where a mother had a severe infection, and her physician made the determination that if the baby was not aborted, she would not live (pregnancy suppresses the immune system, reducing the ability to fight infection). In that case, the baby was only 5 months old, and could not have survived outside of the womb.
So, abortions for true "life of the mother" reasons happen in probably fewer than 5% of pregnancies. However, we all know that the pro-"choice" advocates only mention those when their "right" to abort any healthy baby at any time for any flimsy "reason" (the reason usually being that they had sex irresponsibly and did not use contraceptives) is in question. They are perfectly aware that even if birth-control abortions are made illegal right now, abortions for true medical reasons will still be allowed.
“I just wonder how often these days a doctor has to tell a mother it’s either her or the baby. I imagine it’s used as a justification for pro-killing far more than the actual circumstances warrant.”
Less than 3%.