What medical evidence shows life-saving care for ectopic pregnancies differs from abortion?

Medical evidence clearly distinguishes life-saving care for ectopic pregnancies from abortion. An ectopic pregnancy occurs when a human embryo implants outside the uterus—most often in a fallopian tube—where it cannot survive and where rupture endangers the mother’s life. Treatment involves removing the embryo or the damaged tissue (via salpingectomy, salpingostomy, or methotrexate), which is not the same as intentionally killing a child in the womb. Abortion deliberately ends a living intrauterine pregnancy; ectopic care treats a pathological, nonviable implantation to preserve the mother’s life. The intent, procedure, and moral nature differ completely.