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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd like to see the stats on that data please. What's the source besides some guy on the internet?[/quote]

The data is probably right.  The issue is how were things phrased.  Most educated people know that you can completely steer results by how you phrase the question.  And the summation and statistics given usually list slightly different phrasing than the long form question in the survey. So you ask leading questions, then paraphrase the results so that you lead the poll respondents in the direction you want.[/quote]

They also probably didn’t ask about exceptions after 15 weeks.  If you asked about the fetus with no brain or the one that will die hours after birth, I bet they’d agree with the abortion.  But most would t want a wholesale exception for abnormalities because [b]I don’t think the majority of Americans support the right to terminate a pregnancy for Downs.[/b][/quote]

That depends on whether it’s for themselves or someone else.  Lots of people claim to oppose abortion for Down syndrome, but when faced with the decision themselves, something like 80% of people with a Down syndrome diagnosis choose to terminate the pregnancy. Do you really think Down syndrome is disproportionately prevalent among people who admit to supporting abortion in those cases?[/quote]
Also, the vast majority of Americans have no understanding of DS and base their perception on the handful of people they have seen/met with the least complications. 40% of people with DS have congenital heart disease. We were told that based on first trimester screening we had a higher than typical risk of DS for DC1. I had prior repeat miscarriages, so I was nervous about an amnio. And I was very torn about what I would do with confirmation of the trisomy. What DH and I decided is that with the higher resolution ultrasound we'd find out if there was a likelihood of heart disease and then make a decision about the amnio. There was not, so we did not do amnio and didn't know 100% until DC1 was born if they had a trisomy. But I absolutely would have wanted the full spectrum of choices if I found out I was about to bring a child into the world who would undergo a lifetime (shortened at that) of heart surgeries and complications. I could give a f* what the majority of people who've never been in that situation think they would do. I 10,000% guarantee you that you will not do what you think you would do when confronted with a situation like that for real. I didn't.[/quote]

This is so true. It’s very easy to say what you would do in a situation until you are faced with it. Then all of a sudden things become a lot less black and white. The 12 week scan for my oldest showed a high nuchal translucency measurement. I knew something was wrong when the technician spent a LOT of time measuring over and over. She brought the doctor in and the first thing he said was “what would you do if your baby has Down syndrome”. He was trying to gauge my position so as to advise on next steps for testing. He had a terrible bedside manner and it was horribly stressful. We ended up doing that noninvasive test that looks at fetal DNA in the maternal blood, with a plan to do amino if it had come back positive. Waiting for that test result was torture. I felt like I was already in the position of having to decide whether to terminate or keep. Most people with DS develop Alzheimer’s very early because one of the major AD genes is on chromosome 21. That was what freaked me out the most. I think I went back and forth 10 times on what I would do and had decided I wouldn’t be able to go through with terminating. The test came back negative so it was a moot point. But the whole experience made me appreciate that there was a choice. Had it been something like trisomy 13 or 18 I most likely would have terminated. It’s an agonizing situation to even sort of be in. No one really knows how they will feel or what they will do when it’s no longer hypothetical.[/quote]

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