• medgremlin@midwest.social
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    4 hours ago

    I was referring to the many instances in which the blastocyst does implant, but fails to grow past the initial stages of development. Progression to the point of differentiation of tissues is the hurdle that many fertilized ova fail to clear. Failure of implantation is still important to discuss in the political context given that there are so many people with an absolute absence of biology education that think that life begins at fertilization.

    • Todd Bonzalez@lemm.eeOP
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      4 hours ago

      I would be interested in a source on this claim, because 20% is roughly the number I’m getting from multiple reputable sources.

      Regardless, pregnancy complications when the embryo is still a blastocyst isn’t something that typically represents a medical emergency, so it’s not really what anyone is talking about in regards to women being denied lifesaving medical care.