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Originally Posted by preciousjeni
Why would the 19 year old mother-to-be wait until 20+ weeks to abort? Either abort before 20 weeks or take it to term.
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That's a whole 'nother level to the debate, I am just going off the reasoning you put out there. Regardless of the age or situation of the mother, you're saying that if gestation hits 20 weeks, a mother should be induced and the baby "given the chance to live". And I'm just asking how that will be a guaranteed option for every woman when (a) the immediate costs are astronomical and (b) there will likely be a lot of children with long-term disabilities that will need care and support their entire lives.
I always find this contradiction in the abortion argument. I personally get conflicted on the issue -- anyone who has ever TRIED to conceive and understands how wickedly, crazily complicated it actually is has to come out the other side with a much different view on the process -- but ultimately, cannot imagine forcing a woman to carry a pregnancy she is not ready for, mentally, financially, whatever way. But when people argue against abortion and typically morality or religion or whatever come in, there's this expectation that every pregnancy should go to term, but in the next breath, they're arguing against social programs, sex education to prevent pregnancies in the first place, sufficient health care across the board, etc., etc., etc.
So I'm not going to argue "when" abortion is or is not ok, that is just TOO deep and involving a topic that I just can't deal with right now. But I am just curious that when you put out a statement like you did, that across the board, a pregnancy that hits 20 weeks should be delivered rather than aborted (for whatever range of reasons there may be), I am curious as to how you then propose those mothers and children are cared for and their health care paid for. Because until you can answer that, you can't impose it.
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