A woman named Caroline was diagnosed with glioblastoma, the most aggressive of all brain cancers. Average survival after diagnosis is one year.
She was pregnant at the time of diagnosis. Pregnancy is contraindicated with the chemotherapy and radiation regimens she needed.
Florida denied her her abortion, using the reasoning that as she was terminally ill, an abortion wouldn't save her life, only prolong it. She was forced to travel out of state to get her abortion.
This is why "life of the mother" exceptions don't work. To anti-choicers, there is no condition deadly enough to actually qualify for one. They exist as a fig leaf to hide the reality of their views.
The actual science, though, is clear. Abortion is healthcare. It is not 'murder' and restrictions on it only lead to the procedure being attempted in unsafe conditions. Bans cause OBGYNs to leave the state in droves, and cause maternal mortality rates to rise drastically.
An "abortion ban with exceptions for the life of the mother" is functionally a total ban and will get pregnant people killed.
