While wealthy women may have an easier time accessing abortion after the fall of Roe v. Wade, money can't protect them from medical emergencies criminalized by abortion bans

Five states have enacted near-total abortion bans, which politicians and abortion advocates say disproportionately affect low-income women.

Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren said in May that wealthy women will still get safe abortions if the Supreme Court overturns the contraceptives law. Women of color, those with lower incomes, and victims of abuse will suffer the most. The filibuster must be eliminated.

While abortion will be easier to access for those with the funds to travel across state lines, even the rich will not be protected against medical emergencies that require abortion and are being limited in states like Missouri and Arkansas.

The statutory language in the Missouri abortion ban is "incredibly narrow" and has doctors worried that they won't be able to intervene.

Larson-Bunnell told the Post-Dispatch that the issue was serious. Doctors and attorneys are trying to wrap their minds around this.

Maternal mortality is caused by ectopic pregnancies when a fertilized egg implants outside the uterus. According to statistics published by American Family Physician, almost 2% of pregnancies are ectopic, which means the embryo won't survive past the first trimester. Such pregnancies are emergencies that need an abortion to save the life of the mother and can result in internal infections and death.

The placenta separates from the wall of the uterus in a time sensitive medical emergency. Medical treatment, including abortion, must be administered immediately if you want to avoid death.

Women across the country will be impacted by medical emergencies regardless of wealth or ability to pay. The lives of their patients are at significant risk as physicians are required to navigate the legal logistics of determining if a patient is eligible for a medical exemption.

It's very frightening and confusing for physicians and the entire team that cares for patients to know what to do and what not to do. Harris is an ob-gyn at the University of Michigan.

I don't know how soon death must be. When you become pregnant, there are a lot of conditions that you can have, but it puts a lot of stress on your body's organs as you get older. Three or four or five months from now, they may have life threatening consequences.