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Originally posted by MereMere21
If this bill passes - I hope to God it doesn't - I can definatley see underground abortion clinics. Just like Prohibition in the 20's but instead of speakeasy's, there will be medical clinics.
You can't legalize morality. What is right for you, isn't right for someone else. I would see this bill being passed as nothing more than republican agenda.
All that aside - I DO however believe this procedure is barbaric and it honestly turned my stomach when I learned about it in school. It is very rarely used, but it some rare cases it is the mother's ONLY option.
Some other things to think about:
~There is a triple screen blood test done between 15 and 19 weeks that tests for birth defects such as down's sydrome. It is a positive/negative test and if there is a postive reading, then an amniocentisis is done to find out the exact defect. Lets say you find out after an amnio that your baby has down's syndrome. You and your spouse already have 3 children and were planning on closing up shop when this pregnancy popped up. You are finacially strapped and feel you could not care for a down's baby adequately. Would you continue the pregnancy?
~You find out at your 5th month (18-22 week) ultrasound that your baby's brain has not developed at all and the child you are carrying will be stillborn. Would you continue the pregnancy?
I ask because just like there are rare cases - these are REAL life situations. These are real cases that every pregnant woman fears. It is easy for the proponants of this bill to be gung-ho about an anti-abortion victory - but they need to come speak to the couples that have struggled with miscarriages and infertily for 10 years, finally get pregnant and find out their baby will be stillborn. Then I would like them to say what is more humane. A late term abortion, or forcing a mother to carry a fetus to birth and then put them through the agony and grief of losing a child all over again.
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I agree. I don't think anybody thinks D&X abortions are pretty. But neither is any other kind of abortion. We shouldn't ban them on the basis of how ugly they are. Illegal abortions certainly aren't any prettier than D&X abortions, and that's what we're looking at if this bill goes through.
I think what a lot of people fail to acknowledge or don't know is that when there is a clause that the woman's health must be taken into account, it does not just mean the woman's physical health, but her emotional health too. If the woman is going to be emotionally unable to care for a baby with down's syndome, for example, that would be a legitimate reason for an abortion. Or if she's a college student who would have a nervous breakdown if forced to carry a baby to full term (like me! haha), that would probably also be legitimate.
The problem that too many pro-lifers don't want to acknowledge is that this bill isn't going to cut down on the number of abortions one bit. People will either just have them earlier or they will have them illegally.