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> Abortions are performed in extremely early stages of gestation Typically, yes. Later abortions are necessary though as well, and when they happen typically
by moosey 8y ago
> Abortions are performed in extremely early stages of gestation
Typically, yes. Later abortions are necessary though as well, and when they happen typically it is to a person who wants to keep a child.
My wife and I had a son that failed to develop heart chambers, noticed at a 24 week check up. We had two options: He was likely to die in utero, but if we did not terminate, there was a possibility he could survive to birth, only to immediately die a painful death. We opted to not increase human suffering with a procedure that is no longer available in the state of Ohio, due to the heartbeat bill. I might also add that women have lost their ability to have children due to that bill, it's god awful.
Ultimately, I think we should accept that abortion is complicated, and get these pointless moralizations out of the law books.
- ams6110 8y agoA few (but not many) people would be against aborting a nonviable fetus. Fortunately these cases are rare, and IMO medically necessary abortion should not be conflated with "abortion on demand" in policy/laws. I'm sorry for you and your wife that you had to go through that, it must have been exceedingly difficult for you.