Late Term abortions. I hear the conservative right using this as a moral stick with which to beat the left. How DARE they allow late term abortion?!

...Well what do you think a late term abortion is? Think about it for a moment...
Do you think a woman is carrying her pregnancy to 6 or 8 months and saying " Actually no, i don't want this baby, i'll have an abortion" ?

No.
If a woman is carrying a pregnancy that far likely wants that child or at least intends to carry it to term.
Late term abortions occur in cases where either there are unsurvivable defects to the developing child or life threatening complications for the mother.

So my question: Under those circumstances, how can you reasonably and ethically object to the legality of late term abortions?

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Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M

I’d be fine with outlawing late term abortions of convenience (because they don’t happen) if the right to abortion was otherwise protected.

Late term abortions are just a huge strawman.

Pikachu

@Fukfacewillie

I would never say never but yeah, i think the number of instances of that would be an outlier and safely legislated against.

Fukfacewillie · 56-60, M

@Pikachu And good luck finding a doctor who will perform an abortion of convenience at 8 months anyway.

Pikachu

For sure.
It's not the pandemic of trivial abortion that conservatives would like to pretend it is.

ElwoodBlues · M

@Fukfacewillie Yeah, the Roe v Wade rule was that abortions are illegal after the point where the fetus can survive outside the womb. Abortions in months 7-9 are illegal according to that rule. And if the fetus is unservivable at that point and threatens the health of the mother, then by all means allow the mother to choose abortion.

Notladylike ·

@ElwoodBlues The fact that there are several males debating on this thread is exactly what’s wrong with this whole debate. It should be a personal choice and no one else’s business really.