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DrPrimemaster posted...

-First trimester abortion so any accidental and unwanted pregnancies can be stopped.

While the basic concept of time-limiting abortions seems nice on paper, in practice, less scrupulous jurisdictions will often abuse that limit by throwing in so much red tape that it's almost impossible for a woman to finish getting approved for an abortion before she passes the time limit. On top of that, it's not at all uncommon for women to not realize they're pregnant until they're several weeks or even months in, especially if they normally have periods that are irregular enough that random pregnancy bleeding (which is common), so it's completely possible to miss that deadline even without pro-life interference.

I do understand where you're coming from, because late-term abortions are a really unpleasant concept, but the practical reality of the matter and of the malicious actors involved is that fettering abortion access at all will result in people that need abortions being denied them, even if they would "deserve" them under your reasoning. If you want to minimize late-term abortions, don't give lawmakers an excuse to make them necessary, because they will do exactly that if they think it will prevent the abortion altogether. Completely unfettered access is what needs to be protected. Adding caveats and limitations will only make things worse.

Of course, there's also the point that nobody but the pregnant woman should have the right to decide whether or not to continue carrying a pregnancy, regardless of the circumstances, so all of this rationalization is moot. Nobody should be determining whether or not a woman "deserves" to be forced to carry a pregnancy to term in the first place, let alone debating about the criteria used to make that call. I'm fine with saying that viable fetuses should be induced and delivered instead of aborted, since the process isn't all that different once you get to that stage and you might as well save the baby and put it up for adoption if the experience going to be so similar for the mother, but that's really the only limitation I can justify, and even that's pushing it because it's still none of my business what any given pregnant woman chooses to go through.

Jen0125 posted...

This is my current theory lol

"I don't actually have anything against any of these issues, but it'll be much cheaper for me to get divorced if my marriage is legally annulled instead, so I'm working up to that."