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Is 6 weeks unreasonable?
I'm going to rephrase your question into one that is much more valuable. At what point in fetal development is an abortion ban reasonable? And the answer is... at no point is a ban reasonable.
Any arbitrary number you pick to start the ban is going to result in women needlessly dying. It's a fucking medical procedure. One that is often needed to be used to save a woman from a fetus that has no chance of survival. By thinking you're more moral than the people actually making real, difficult moral decisions, people who have all of the relevant info needed to make such a decision while your ban has none, you will cause unnecessary death and suffering.
Let the people who will actually be affected by the decision make it, and keep your crayon-colored rules of morality to yourself.
An outright ban is never reasonable if it is a matter of safety.
It is however worth noting that general viability for survival outside of the womb is 24 weeks (6 months), so there are some arguments to be made about a ban on "voluntary" abortions past that point. Not saying they're good arguments, but that's where the line is if anyone is looking for the clearest one we currently have.