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You're really letting your partisanship shine through. Late term abortions are so exceedingly rare that they don't warrant serious discussion. They are exclus

You're really letting your partisanship shine through. Late term abortions are so exceedingly rare that they don't warrant serious discussion. They are exclusively happening when the risk to the mother is extreme, or the fetus is already dead (or has something like Trisomy 18, which is painful and 100% fatal within moments after birth, should the fetus survive long enough to see the outside of the womb).

bpodgursky 4y ago
They are mostly happening for those reasons, but in many states it is legal through 3rd trimester with no restrictions [1]. If this argument was obvious partisanship, there would simply be a national ban on elective 3rd trimester abortion (as you argue, it's a no-brainer). Yet that is not a bill which can pass congress today, suggesting there is considerable support for elective 3rd trimester abortion. Congress has come together to pass sweeping bills to prevent far fewer deaths than those abortions (think Patriot Act). [1] https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/what-states-allow-late-term-abortion https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/what-states...
anon291 4y ago
> Late term abortions are so exceedingly rare that they don't warrant serious discussion. Executions are exceedingly rare, yet they do warrant discussion. School shootings are also incredibly rare, yet they warrant discussion. Terrorist attacks are incredibly rare, yet they warrant discussion. All these discussions are warranted. You're showing your partisanship by refusing to discuss something simply because it's rare. How many abortions of the kind I described would you be willing to tolerate? Why? The CDC (hhttps://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/ss/ss6907a1.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/ss/ss6907a1.htm) says that about 5000 abortions occured in 2018 after 21 weeks. This is more than the total killed in 9/11, the total killed by school shootings (169 killed since 1999), etc. So again, how many? EDIT; downvoted for citing data. Sad that we can't have productive discussions on hacker news. My partisanship used to lie solely with the democrats until they became intolerant of any view other than abortion anytime, anywhere; now I'm a political outsider. When one sees engagement like this, these sorts of stories become unsurprising.

bpodgursky 4y ago

They are mostly happening for those reasons, but in many states it is legal through 3rd trimester with no restrictions [1]. If this argument was obvious partisanship, there would simply be a national ban on elective 3rd trimester abortion (as you argue, it's a no-brainer). Yet that is not a bill which can pass congress today, suggesting there is considerable support for elective 3rd trimester abortion. Congress has come together to pass sweeping bills to prevent far fewer deaths than those abortions (think Patriot Act). [1] https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/what-states-allow-late-term-abortion https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/what-states...

anon291 4y ago

> Late term abortions are so exceedingly rare that they don't warrant serious discussion. Executions are exceedingly rare, yet they do warrant discussion. School shootings are also incredibly rare, yet they warrant discussion. Terrorist attacks are incredibly rare, yet they warrant discussion. All these discussions are warranted. You're showing your partisanship by refusing to discuss something simply because it's rare. How many abortions of the kind I described would you be willing to tolerate? Why? The CDC (hhttps://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/ss/ss6907a1.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/ss/ss6907a1.htm) says that about 5000 abortions occured in 2018 after 21 weeks. This is more than the total killed in 9/11, the total killed by school shootings (169 killed since 1999), etc. So again, how many? EDIT; downvoted for citing data. Sad that we can't have productive discussions on hacker news. My partisanship used to lie solely with the democrats until they became intolerant of any view other than abortion anytime, anywhere; now I'm a political outsider. When one sees engagement like this, these sorts of stories become unsurprising.