A federal appeals court blocks Missouri law that set limits on some abortions (states, laws)

[katharsis]

The law had banned abortions of pregnancies of more than eight weeks duration and also prevented women seeking abortions for fetuses with Downs syndrome.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...ks-2021-06-09/

My response and opinion: Good for them. Eight weeks is much too soon and no woman should be forced to give birth to a child with a strong possibility of being severely disabled, in my opinion.

[atltechdude]

8 weeks is absurd. I think 15-20 weeks is realistically the strictest limit that should be considered.

[Goodnight]

Yes some of these states are tripping over each other attempting to lower the window, absurd.

[katharsis]

For those who are curious, the following link shows a map that as of June 2019, had very restrictive laws concerning abortions.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-...ve-passed-them

I think it is very surprising that Utah, for example, is less restrictive than Ohio. (But I think that was due to Kasich's influence which is about the only issue that I disagree with Kasich about.)

If it were up to me, I would not allow abortions past 22 weeks unless the mother's life was in danger or the fetus was dead or there was at least a 50% chance that the unborn child would be born with severe disabilities, meaning that s/he would require lifelong care and/or have a severely diminished quality of life.)