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Originally Posted by Abbaddabba
Why choose arbitrary cutoffs? Crossnerd called a third trimester abortion a tragedy. Why should a 20 week abortion be simply a nagging inconvenience?
I mean, it doesn't really matter in her world since she's convinced that women are so morally pure that they'd never opt for a third trimester abortion unless it was absolutely medically necessary and so I guess it would follow that they'd also all have a perfectly calibrated moral compass to make the determination of when a second trimester abortion was morally justified, but for those of us who're a bit more skeptical of human nature it seems like you'd want to establish a graduated scale of harm.
First x weeks = freebie abortion
x-13 weeks = means tested coat hanger tax (paid by the father if paternity is identified)
13-26 weeks = some additional penalty for each passing week (paid by the woman)
20 weeks
is late abortion, not a nagging inconvenience. Nobody is opting for 20 week* abortions- these are all tragedy cases where a fetal anomaly or serious health condition has been detected, usually on the 20 week ultrasound. Abortions at this stage are from
women who wanted to keep the baby but can’t. What you’re suggesting is penalizing women who hoped for a healthy pregnancy and just found out that their fetus didn’t develop normally and doesn’t have a brain or lungs, like in Potter Syndrome. I have a friend who had to abort after 20 weeks because her fetus’s liver formed outside the body and the baby wouldn’t survive. These are devastating cases, and what you’re suggesting is that she should have on top of this tragedy ALSO be penalized! That’s some sick sh*t right there.
What peabrain men
like you fail to understand is that late abortions aren’t casually done EVER- they constitute 1% of abortions and these women are grieving. They don’t need smug little turds
like you to examine their “moral compasses”. They need good healthcare from their doctors and for dilettante f*cks
like you and the rest of the clueless idiot men in government to keep your noses where they belong, outside our personal healthcare decisions.