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a reply to: strongfp
A prime example is a child developing serious brain damage or a brain tumor in the womb and has zero chance of survival, what does the mother do? Chance a serious risk to her health through a stillborn birth, or have the option of abortion? Any woman who is serious about having a kid that late in the game and seeks medical help is going to go through options A through Y and Z being abortion.
originally posted by: strongfp
a reply to: toms54
The language clearly states that a medical team needs to make the final call. Which mean they can intervene for poor decision making on the mothers side. What don't you understand?
Again a woman can't just waltz into a hospital and say "doctor give me an abortion".
Some time ago, Abby Johnson, former clinic director in the largest Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas, addressed this issue by saying:
… it is false to say the women who choose late-term abortion do so because of medical reasons. We referred hundreds of women to abort their babies after 24 weeks…not one was for medical reasons.
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In 2003, Katha Pollitt, who is pro-choice, wrote an article for The Nation discussing late-term abortion. She gave the three most common reasons why women had these abortions (1):
71% didn’t realize they were pregnant
48% had difficulty making arrangements
33% were afraid of telling parents or partner
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This data indicates that late-term abortions are usually elective. Has it always been this way? In 1998, a survey was sent out to clinics that did late-term abortions. According to data from the 18 clinics that responded:
Only 9.4 percent of late abortions at clinics that responded to the U.S. News survey were done for medical reasons, either to protect the mother’s health(a rare situation) or, more commonly, because of fetal defects such as spina bifida and Down’s syndrome (box, Page 32)…for post-20-week abortions generally, about 90 percent were classified by the clinics as “nonmedical. (2)
originally posted by: strongfp
a reply to: Grambler
And people still murder on a daily basis.
I get your point, there will always be those people to do the dirty work of others, but you can't stop that.
My main argument is for LEGAL law abiding citizens. Not back alley crooks.
Lets put things into perspective here, in American terms, gun control.
People call for banning guns because their dangerous, people say it's only criminals who are dangerous, so we don't need more control. It's the same damn rhetoric here.
originally posted by: strongfp
a reply to: Grambler
So you're saying abortion is murder?