Reply to And that's why I'll never understand why people kill little babies who were not born yet...

Forum Index » Off-Topic

Reply to "And that's why I'll never understand why people kill little babies who were not born yet..."

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This baby was aborted due to genetic problems.  Not saying I would do the same, but isn't that they ONLY reason you are allowed to have a late term abortion?  The article doesn't go into detail about the problems with the fetus but it may not have survived anyway.  Some people would rather not continue a pregnancy if it meant carrying the baby to term, giving birth and then having the baby die three days later.  [/quote]

No, a woman can legally have an abortion up to birth.

Under the Roe framework, combined with Doe, states may put limitations on abortion according to a trimester framework.  But abortion may be obtained to protect a woman's "health" at any time, and this includes physical and mental health.

Of course, most women do not desire to end their baby's life in the third trimester.  But women are legally permitted to do so, and some do.  Late-term, post-viability abortions happen;  the exact numbers are unknowable, but even the most fervent supporters of abortion concede at least 1% of the 1 million+ abortions a year are post-viability.  England, which has much more accurate reporting, has significant numbers of late-term abortions (and high rates of babies born alive after them):

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-512129/66-babies-year-left-die-NHS-abortions-wrong.html

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23393315-one-baby-in-30-left-alive-after-medical-termination.do

The trials against late-terms abortionists in Philadelphia and Maryland include discoveries of corpses labeled 32 weeks and 36 weeks.
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics