Democracy, draining the swamp and forced birth?

How do these things relate?

Check out this story about Drs, and patients complaining about how a patient had to undergo an experience no one probably wanted her to endure.

I know this is fodder for the pro-life/pro choice fight, but at the same time, knowing all too well how badly things go when legislators, under the guise of doing the will of their constituents, pass laws that make things worse rather than better.

I know it would be costly and empower unelected educated professionals and bureaucrats, but I think physicians need to be consulted in drafting legislation when they have the expertise and when it's their business being affected.

https://jezebel.com/louisiana-woman-is-forced-carry-headless-fetus-to-term-1849418243

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trollslayer · 46-50, M

Pro life folks seem to think the majority of women seeking abortions are single women in their teens and 20s who were just fooling around. The reality is that those women are in the minority of those seeking abortions. They also seem to think that people who want to have kids have sex for a few months, conceive, and deliver a baby 9 months later and that medical complications are rare. The reality? Over 50% of human embryos have a genetic abnormality and can never grow to a healthy baby. Most miscarry before they know they are pregnant, but for those that know they are pregnant miscarriage rate is something like 20%. I personally have known a woman who had to carry a deceased fetus for a week because removing it would be considered an abortion. My own wife and two kids owe their lives to Roe V Wade. We all agree that abortion is a sad thing and that we should not waste human life - but pro-life folks are simply ignorant to basic biology.