Ectopic pregnancies are generally agonizingly painful, almost never viable, and require urgent medical attention.18 And, typically, the only feasible treatment is an abortion, which can be medical, using methotrexate to cause the cessation of the pregnancy and the reabsorption of fetal tissue, or, far more often, surgical. Without such treatment, the fallopian tube will rupture in 95 percent of cases; these potentially fatal medical emergencies cause a substantial percentage of pregnancy-related deaths.
