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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter]https://twitter.com/DNCWarRoom/status/1721696011859480686[/twitter][/quote]

I am not as good about voting as I should be for off year elections.  For example I missed the gubernatorial election that made Youngkin governor.  But happy to say that I am getting ready to go vote this morning for reproductive rights.  Straight dem ticket. [/quote]

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I’m not against abortion, but we do have reproductive rights in VA. Abortion up to 16 weeks (when fetus feels pain), and full exceptions for rape, incest, life of mother. I’m not understanding what other rights are needed. Until birth? After birth? Healthy fetus, not healthy? [/quote]

My friend has an abortion at 24 weeks. It was late because they went to doctor after doctor hoping someone could tell them their baby was OK. Instead the fetus was so deformed, missing major organs, they told them the baby would only live a few hours in terrible pain.

That is why!!!!![/quote]

And the vast, overwhelming majority of abortions 2nd trimester on are situations like this.  It isn't just a woman up and deciding that she doesn't want to be pregnant anymore.  I've had 3 friends who have had to make that decision after 20 weeks, and it was absolutely devastating and gut-wrenching for the families.

Like him or not, Pete Buttigieg provided an excellent response to Chris Wallace's questioning about support for abortion after 20 weeks:

"So, let's put ourselves in the shoes of a woman in that situation. If it's that late in your pregnancy, that means almost by definition you've been expecting to carry it to term.  We're talking about women who have perhaps chosen the name, women who have purchased the crib, families that then get the most devastating medical news of their lifetime, something about the health or the life of the mother that forces them to make an impossible, unthinkable choice.  That decision is not going to be made any better, medically or morally, because the government is dictating how that decision should be made."[/quote]

Man. Why does it take a gay guy to articulate this obvious thing so clearly?[/quote]

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