So… no intelligent response to this. Not surprising, but I hope it gives some of the forced birth trolls something to think about. |
If your body doesn’t expel the fetus and you elect to have a d & c, you’re voluntarily ending the pregnancy on your own terms — which is a choice that should be between you and your doctor and should not involve lawmakers, but here we are. |
Jessa didn’t have a spontaneous abortion. She had a surgical procedure, which is not spontaneous. |
The hospital’s lawyers if you live in Ohio, Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, etc. And each hospital may come to different determinations depending on which lawyer is making a good faith effort to interpret the ambiguities of the written law. These Republican laws are basically a stimulus program for attorneys. Oh the irony. |
Abortion is abortion.
f your feelings. Your intentions are irrelevant. It’s a medical procedure. I realize lots of women are upset to have that word used for their procedures, but they need to take it up with their churches. Discomfort with verbiage is harmful to women seeking healthcare. |
Well I guess it depends on the woman. We can trust Jessa that her intentions are pure, but we might not be able to trust other women. So the laws are written as such. |
I didn’t consider myself pregnant once I found out the fetus was not living. |
Okay, but pregnancy isn’t like gender; it’s not about how you identify. |
The "unborn" don't even have souls. What's your problem with a woman removing these soulless creatures from their bodies? |
How do you know unborn babies don’t have souls? Do you have a link to a confirmation via a scientific test? Post it. Why is “unborn” in quotes? Are we not discussing unborn humans? Are you suggesting they are not unborn? |
also, why do you call humans “creatures?” They aren’t creatures, they are humans. |
DP. Probably “unborn” was in quotes because we’re talking about fetuses. We don’t usually refer to people by what they are not. When referring to people who are short, we don’t call them “the not tall.” Is there a scientific test to determine if I have a soul? |
and then it comes down to religion
not all religions feel the same about when life begins |
There was a story in the Post several years ago about a little girl whose parents abused her and eventually fed her to pigs
Sorry, that child never should have had to "live" that way. Would have been better never to have been brought into existence. Go ahead, try to change my mind. |
DP. I remember when my OB showed me the soul on the 20 week ultrasound when I was pregnant with my daughter. I thought it was her nose, but I was never good at those magic eye puzzles either, so ultrasounds really confound me. We never saw my son’s soul, but when he was born we realized he probably didn’t have one because he’s a ginger. Sorry, little guy, you’re cursed. I didn’t realize the soul was identifiable that early in the second trimester. I don’t remember my pregnancy app pointing out the soul being present then. It just said the fetus is the size of a plum and the organs are started and in their proper places. I guess it was implied that the soul was there, but I never really considered it an organ. Obviously I’m not a doctor like the PP. “Unborn” is probably in quotes because there’s a better word: fetus. The heart isn’t fully formed until nearly halfway through the pregnancy so the “heartbeat” is just cardiac activity before that. It’s funny how laws regarding healthcare are written around “common knowledge” and “accepted language” rather than medical facts and terminology. |