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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
And I'm glad I've had doctors who didn't mind explaining to me, a mere layman but one with at least average intelligence, what was going on, indeed using "show and Tell". It was much easier for me to understand what was going on once I could see it.
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This is really, REALLY post hoc and anecdotal, a pretty rough combination.
The purpose of the law isn't "educational" in the strictest and most commonly used sense. "See, the baby has toes!" isn't something used to teach a lesson or instruct the patient about the health of the child - it is clearly intended to push the mother toward keeping the fetus, even though it is not viable by any measurement, and clearly the law allows it to be aborted.
Unless you really think "poll tests" were intended to create a more educated electorate? Or "poll taxes" were viable methods to collect money?
I'm glad your experience was good, but yours was not the intent behind laws like Oklahoma's, and shaming women into keeping an unwanted pregnancy is, well, shameful.
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