Should healthy women be able to get abortions?

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My friend says if a women is pregnant but the pregnancy is making her sick or putting her life in danger she should be able to get a abortion. If she's perfectly healthy and capable of carrying the baby full term then the women must do it. What do you guys think? And also, if a women performs a self abortion should she go to jail? If so, for how long?

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ElwoodBlues · M

The Roe v Wade standard was that abortion should be legal up until the point where the fetus was viable outside the womb. That standard still makes the most sense.

With modern medical technology, that viability point is somewhere around 26 or 27 weeks depending on specifics of the individual pregnancy. However, a fetus can die in the womb during the 9th month, and right now in 2024, some states are forcing women to carry dead necrotic fetuses due to ignorant laws. Leave it up to the woman and her doctor.

BTW, despite horror stories spread by anti-abortionists, the few abortions that happen in the third trimester involve non-viable fetuses that threaten the mother's health. And they are vanishingly rare. Remember, you need a doctor to agree to perform the procedure.

Interesting info on who is getting abortions when. 92% occur in the first trimester; they are very rare beyond the 2nd trimester.