[Rudey]

What about a woman who decides she doesn't care if she gets all the proper tests until 6 months into the pregnancy? A woman who showed no responsibility in birth control and sex and now with an abortion?

The fact is that there are women out there like this. There are women that also want the right to kill a baby in the 9th month and possibly even after the birth. http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...e&pagenumber=4

-Rudey

Originally posted by AKA_Monet
I also don't know many women who would say, "Whoops, I'm 8 months pregnant, I don't think I want this baby anymore, so I'm gonna go out and get an abortion, today, Yippeee for me!!!"

I do think that a long time ago, when abortion 1st became legal, that that is what people thought and there were VERY FEW women that actually did have those kinds of abortions with that kind of thinking--which I believe are technically called, partial birth abortions in medical terminology.

But, I think majority of women who actually decide to undergo abortion procedures have seriously thought about its implications are usually get those procedures in the early first trimester--under 8 weeks... In fact, I think it is an insurance liability thing for most clinics and doctors to do abortion procedures no later than 8 weeks--because of all the complications that can occur--i.e. infections, etc.

Hayle, if I was an OB/GYN, I wouldn't want to be car bombed for performing abortions on demand--meaning the mother popped up and said she hates the baby inside of her and wants an abortion, but the child is very healthy... Then have my malpractice insurance be all jacked up. EFF that. I wouldn't do them for being scared of being sued left and right. And most OB/GYN's have some of the highest malpractice insurance rates out there.

Now, if the mother's life is in danger--such as untreatable gestational diabetes, hypertension that is so high that she does actually stroke out, or any number of other complications--which IS THOUGHT TO DIRECTLY AFFECT FETAL DEVELOPMENT, then I would think it would be my duty to assist this woman with her reproductive choices as she sees fit. That is how Western medicine is practiced in this country and folks need to understand that if a healthcare professional is trained and can do something about it and does not do anything about it, it is a failure on the whole medical establishment to protect life at all costs...

And YES, this debate is about sacrificing the one to protect the many...

The 2nd trimesters are the questionable ones for some people. And the 3rd trimesters are where most of the laws are enacted to prevent infanticide.

However, with current technology, from baby heart monitors to establishing how a woman handles herself during pregnancy, I think that most "RESPONSIBLE WOMEN" would have little need for abortion unless there is something truly and grossly wrong with the baby--meaning the baby is dead in the womb... And any dead material that is NOT REMOVED from the womb will cause infection and that chit hurts...