Can anything be More Evil---- (United States, illegal, border, Obama)
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I'm pro-choice, with a 'but'. In the third trimester, because the fetus has a decent chance at living outside the woman's body, abortion should only be allowed in life-threatening situations. Not mental health. The woman has had six months to figure out whether she wants to maintain the pregnancy. If she needs to terminate for mental health reasons, it should have been done prior to that last trimester. After six months, the only major difference between 'fetus' and 'baby' is some amniotic fluid and a cervix.
As for pregnancies terminated in the third trimester due to "viability", wouldn't that fall under the umbrella of threat to life? I just have a problem with the mental health thing. To be clear, I don't think this would be an issue with the vast majority of already tiny numbers of pregnancies likely to be terminated this late, but it still rankles.
You don't get it. It doesn't matter if it "rankles" because it isn't your body or your business.
And no, a non-viable fetus frequently doesn't threaten a mothers life. Just her mental health, which you have already stated is irrelevant.
The issue is that the law allows a woman and her medical provider to decide what is life threatening. Many people on this thread believe that this means women will wait until the third trimester, request an abortion, fake a mental illness and so on in order to abort a fetus.
The point is, nothing is 100%. You can take all the precautions in the world, and still end up pregnant. I've seen it with my own eyes. Part of the problem is the religious right preaching abstinence when that simply isn't going to happen, instead of trying to educate and teach kids. In other words, "Just don't have sex!" is a non starter.
Most birth control is pretty effective if you use it properly. If I had a nickel for everyone who had an 'accident'. Another Democrat lie. I was pregnant ZERO times until I wanted to be at 39.
I don't regret my abortion. I was 2 years out of cancer, my birth control failed, and my medical team said under no uncertain terms that carrying a pregnancy to term would be a risk to my immediate and future health. My partner at the time was rapidly breaking down - that's what spending a childhood in the foster care system bouncing from abusive house to abusive house because it's easier for pro-lifers to make proclamations than to put their money & time where their mouth is does to you when you're faced with commitment.
3 pills and my period started. Luckily, I had access to healthcare, access to a Planned Parenthood, and my cycles were normal enough that I was able to tell that I had missed a period almost immediately.
By the way, I did spend some time looking for resources that would allow me to give birth and put the child up for adoption. Spoiler alert: not a single organization promoting "life" would be willing to cover my health insurance when I lost my job due to overrunning FMLA, replace my income when I was out on bedrest, or cover increased medical bills for life due to being a medically challenged brood mare for their cause.
I am betting you had yours pretty early in the pregnancy? My sister had one too, after taking heavy narcotics after having a brain tumor that was benign. But she had it EARLY. We are talking about celebrating late teem abortion.
The Trump administration has been separating children from their parents for over a year.
They are keeping many of them in warehouses where they are drugged daily and some are sexually abused and yes, killed.
If you support this, you are a hypocrite of the highest order.
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Originally Posted by Ringo1
Why would a woman carry a baby to term or near term and then suddenly decide to abort it at that late date?
I can't fathom this.
I can't either - but it does happen. I've seen women who didn't know they were pregnant until it was too late to abort, or who had a change in their relationship and no longer wanted the baby but didn't want to put it up for adoption (who knows why), or women who are mentally ill or as I mentioned earlier, meth heads.
As for pregnancies terminated in the third trimester due to "viability", wouldn't that fall under the umbrella of threat to life? I just have a problem with the mental health thing. To be clear, I don't think this would be an issue with the vast majority of already tiny numbers of pregnancies likely to be terminated this late, but it still rankles.
I do agree that most women should know their own minds prior to the fetus getting out of the first trimester. At least I hope they would. I think late term abortions are awful and should be avoided if possible.
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