The choice folks say that women don't abort fully developed and viable unborn babies, unless it is a medical emergency (such as danger to the life of the mother.)
The life folks say that is baloney and these women are having babies ghoulishly murdered up to birth.
OK. Once again I say...let's make laws that call the bluff.
Mifepristone and misoprostol continue to be legal. This terminates pregnancy up to 12 weeks. The surgical form of abortion becomes illegal unless done in a hospital setting for medical emergency reasons. If it is possible in those cases to save the lives of both mother and child, then that's the aim.
No more "late term abortions for the convenience of women" or anything like that.
No more arguments about miscarriages (which almost always happen by 6 weeks) being possibly "suspicious." By 12 weeks, nobody is even gonna know a woman is pregnant unless she tells them.
No more argument over whether there should be exceptions for rape or incest. Or if so, how to get around all the "he said/she said" where people too often don't believe victims anyways. No worries about that if we just legislate based on procedure type.
Are any states proposing something like this? Is literally anyone interested in the easiest solution that would probably satisfy more people on both sides than any other? Or is the point just a winner takes all hissy-fit deathmatch?
'Cause it sure as hell seems to me that what most folks in these arguments are invested in more than anything, is pointing their finger at those on the other side and accusing them of being evil monsters. The left is pointing at the right saying they don't care if women die of ectopic pregnancies or if 11 year olds get raped and have to give birth. The right is pointing at the left saying we are happy about fully or nearly full grown babies being ripped apart and viciously murdered. Seems to me that the part that has become more important than the actual subject at hand, is justifying hatred of the "other side."
You hate women!
You hate babies!
Until anyone is willing to look at rational compromises, the most meaningful overall result is just yet another thing over which to tear this country apart. Hell there have been a few posters who openly admit that's what they want.
They ought to really stop claiming to love America, though. That's for damn sure.
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