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This would be a slightly less insane argument (though only slightly) if many states in the US, the state this women lives in for instance, weren’t so puritan ab
by nynx 5y ago
This would be a slightly less insane argument (though only slightly) if many states in the US, the state this women lives in for instance, weren’t so puritan about right to abortion. This women had about a week to decide whether to abort—that is clearly not enough.
- tzs 5y agoIt's even worse. She would have likely had much less than a week to decide. You don't want to make a major medical decision with getting a second opinion from a doctor who had not been involved up to that point. She'd have a week to find a new doctor to confirm the diagnosis, and then if confirmed and she instantly decided to abort, schedule an abortion and have it performed--all this during an active pandemic which was slowing medical things down in general. And let us not forget that the clock does not stop for weekends, so that's two days lost if they can't find an abortion provider that works weekends. Also, Indiana has an 18 hour waiting period. You must make an in-person visit to the abortion place at least 18 hours before the procedure to receive state mandated information, so that's another day lost (although if they get lucky they might be able to overlap this with a weekend).