The bans gravely endanger women's health. As most courts considering the constitutionality of these statutes have found, the bans broadly prohibit safe and common abortion procedures used throughout pregnancy. If allowed to go into effect, the bans threaten to outlaw safe abortion, returning women to the perils of the back-alleys. Most bans have no health exception whatsoever and only a dangerously inadequate exception to save a woman's life. If legislators prevent doctors from developing new surgical procedures or improving on existing ones, they will impede medical progress.
Legislatures have no business micro-managing surgical technique.