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Originally Posted by christiangirl
Wait wait wait. So is this just for women considering abortion or for all women? Because that sounds like any dcotr who finds that a fetus has a birth defect doesn't have to tell ANY expecting parent---which sounds dumb as hell in my head and I really need someone to confirm that that's what I just read. I'm not even commenting on the rest until I can wrap my mind around that.
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It is saying that the doctor does not have to inform you if he thinks your baby has birth defects period. The intent is to keep people from aborting babies who are severely deformed. A doctor wouldn't know whether parents might choose to abort if they know that their baby is going to be so severely deformed that it cannot live more than a few hours after birth or require lifetime institutionalization, etc. Is the next step to exempt a doctor if they choose not to tell you that your own life is in danger if the pregnancy continues???
As for the checklist, I think I'd check "Other" with "None of your business" (perhaps with an expletive too!) if given that form.
As for whether there is a separate human being involved, that is the part that is up to debate and that will always be a big difference between pro-lifers and pro-choicers. Some of us do not believe it is a separate human being until it can survive on its own without the host. The question of when life begins (along with religion) is the real root of this debate, always and nobody has a real, definitive answer.
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