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Antifar
01/29/18 3:17:24 PM
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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/senate-20-week-abortion-ban_us_5a6f59d3e4b0ddb658c93c61

The U.S. Senate will vote Monday on a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and would threaten doctors with up to five years in jail.

The legislation, passed by the House of Representatives in October, has little chance of acquiring the 60 votes it needs to move forward in the Senate. But conservatives hope that holding a vote on the bill will put some political pressure on vulnerable Democrats from red states and newly elected Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama to either support it or risk alienating some of their anti-abortion constituents.

Clearly, we need more votes, but at some point when you start to get closer, and senators in vulnerable states start to feel the heat, then it starts to look very optimistic, Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony List, told reporters on Thursday.

Democrats slammed Republican leadership on Monday for prioritizing an abortion ban less than a week after the government shutdown, and as the fate of so-called Dreamers young undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children still hangs in the balance.

Today, in communities across the country, young people are asking whether theyll be able to stay in the only country theyve ever called home, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said in a floor speech before the vote. Workers and business owners are wondering again whether the government will be open in a few weeks.

But, Mr. President instead of addressing the serious and pressing challenges that people are facing Republican leaders are debating whether to trust women to make their own health care choices.

At least two moderate Republicans, Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), have expressed concerns about the exceptions in the abortion bill, which was introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). The legislation exempts women who require an abortion to save their lives, as well as rape and incest survivors, but the legislation does not include exemptions for health of the mother or severe fetal anomalies, which often cant be detected until the 20-week ultrasound.

Since Republicans started trying to impose the limit in 2013, many women have come forward with their personal stories of discovering at or after the 20-week mark that the fetus would either not survive the pregnancy or would severely suffer after birth.

I was absolutely devastated to get that news, said Kate Williams, who discovered when she was 21 weeks pregnant that her unborn son had Potter syndrome, a fatal condition in which the kidneys fail to develop in the womb. I called my regular OB-GYN to discuss with her if there was any chance this might not be true. But she looked at the ultrasounds and told me, No, this is the situation.

Collins, who voted against the 20-week abortion ban in 2015, told the Washington Examiner last week that she suggested some changes to the language of the bill and will see what happens.

A few Democrats are likely to cross over and support the bill, and Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) have already indicated they would vote for it. Sen. Bob Casey (D-Penn.) voted for the legislation alongside Manchin and Donnelly in 2015.

Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) previously voted against the legislation, but are now both up for re-election this year in states that voted for Trump. However, recent polling suggests that supporting abortion rights is more likely to help a candidate, even in red states and especially among independent voters, than to hurt.

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Romulox28
01/29/18 3:18:44 PM
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Antifar posted...
But, Mr. President instead of addressing the serious and pressing challenges that people are facing Republican leaders are debating whether to trust women to make their own health care choices.

ugh i hate these arguments
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Darksaber310
01/29/18 3:20:26 PM
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I agree with the idea, but blanket bans are a shit sandwich that creates a trap that the opposite side can wave like a flag. I'd support it if it required a doctor's opinion to have one past that point.
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KazumaKiryu
01/29/18 3:22:04 PM
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Why is this not already a law? What kind of a person would carry a baby inside them for over FOUR MONTHS and then decide they want to kill it?
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Anteaterking
01/29/18 3:22:38 PM
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Romulox28 posted...
Antifar posted...
But, Mr. President instead of addressing the serious and pressing challenges that people are facing Republican leaders are debating whether to trust women to make their own health care choices.

ugh i hate these arguments


Normally the idea of "Congress can't do two things at once" is silly, but this Congress has really shown that it can't.
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creativerealms
01/29/18 3:22:53 PM
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So it will end in a tie and then Pence will pass the ban. Sigh I hope I'm wrong.
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Antifar
01/29/18 3:23:24 PM
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KazumaKiryu posted...
Why is this not already a law? What kind of a person would carry a baby inside them for over FOUR MONTHS and then decide they want to kill it?

The article gives an example of one

Antifar posted...
Since Republicans started trying to impose the limit in 2013, many women have come forward with their personal stories of discovering at or after the 20-week mark that the fetus would either not survive the pregnancy or would severely suffer after birth.

I was absolutely devastated to get that news, said Kate Williams, who discovered when she was 21 weeks pregnant that her unborn son had Potter syndrome, a fatal condition in which the kidneys fail to develop in the womb. I called my regular OB-GYN to discuss with her if there was any chance this might not be true. But she looked at the ultrasounds and told me, No, this is the situation.

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GreatEvilEmpire
01/29/18 3:26:03 PM
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I don't see anything wrong with it. Pre-natal screenings start happening at 3 months, which is about 13 weeks. And further pre-natal screening happens during week 15-20, which is more than enough time to find out if your child has a defect and you can choose to abort or not abort during that time.
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creativerealms
01/29/18 3:29:29 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I don't see anything wrong with it. Pre-natal screenings start happening at 3 months, which is about 13 weeks. And further pre-natal screening happens during week 15-20, which is more than enough time to find out if your child has a defect and you can choose to abort or not abort during that time.

Honestly I have heard republicans try to end abortions in as few as twelve weeks (If not all together) twenty weeks is fine actually. By then women know they are pregnant and if they want to keep the potential child or not.
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cobain27
01/29/18 3:29:41 PM
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This is so dumb and transparent. The vast majority of abortions happen well before 20 weeks. The main reason 20 weeks has been thrown around so much is that 22-24 weeks (viability) is the Roe V. Wade cutoff. They just want to jam an abortion case up the Supreme Court's ass.
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googs19
01/29/18 3:32:18 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I don't see anything wrong with it. Pre-natal screenings start happening at 3 months, which is about 13 weeks. And further pre-natal screening happens during week 15-20, which is more than enough time to find out if your child has a defect and you can choose to abort or not abort during that time.


Except the 20 week ultrasound is where they determine things like if the organs are developing correctly, and there are other complications that don't show up until after 20 weeks.
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ghettoraider81
01/29/18 3:33:28 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I don't see anything wrong with it. Pre-natal screenings start happening at 3 months, which is about 13 weeks. And further pre-natal screening happens during week 15-20, which is more than enough time to find out if your child has a defect and you can choose to abort or not abort during that time.


Wrong.

There is a lot that can happen and be discovered after that time frame.
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KazumaKiryu
01/29/18 3:38:57 PM
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googs19 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I don't see anything wrong with it. Pre-natal screenings start happening at 3 months, which is about 13 weeks. And further pre-natal screening happens during week 15-20, which is more than enough time to find out if your child has a defect and you can choose to abort or not abort during that time.


Except the 20 week ultrasound is where they determine things like if the organs are developing correctly, and there are other complications that don't show up until after 20 weeks.


It's a living baby has a beating heart and feels pain. How many of us wouldn't be alive today if our parents decided to murder us if we had any imperfections? Bloody hell.
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Funcoot
01/29/18 4:03:04 PM
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KazumaKiryu posted...
googs19 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I don't see anything wrong with it. Pre-natal screenings start happening at 3 months, which is about 13 weeks. And further pre-natal screening happens during week 15-20, which is more than enough time to find out if your child has a defect and you can choose to abort or not abort during that time.


Except the 20 week ultrasound is where they determine things like if the organs are developing correctly, and there are other complications that don't show up until after 20 weeks.


It's a living baby has a beating heart and feels pain. How many of us wouldn't be alive today if our parents decided to murder us if we had any imperfections? Bloody hell.

Imperfections like the kidneys not developing in the womb, like the example in the article?
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gbpxl
01/29/18 4:05:06 PM
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But, Mr. President instead of addressing the serious and pressing challenges that people are facing Republican leaders are debating whether to trust women to make their own health care choices.

When their own health care choice involves crushing a human beings skull and sucking the arms and legs out of its mother with a vacuum, I think the president is well within his rights to not trust their health care choices.
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gbpxl
01/29/18 4:06:19 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I don't see anything wrong with it. Pre-natal screenings start happening at 3 months, which is about 13 weeks. And further pre-natal screening happens during week 15-20, which is more than enough time to find out if your child has a defect and you can choose to abort or not abort during that time.

what defects would be bad enough that warrant an abortion?
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DifferentialEquation
01/29/18 4:06:22 PM
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I hope it passes. The liberal outrage would be fantastic
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Funkydog
01/29/18 4:09:01 PM
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I mean, most countries have it around 20-28 week mark I think, save for medical complications. Why does it need to be changed? America's is at 24 weeks I believe? it just seems unnecessary to battle to change it from it is, given states can them regulate their own laws on it (afaik anyway)
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GreatEvilEmpire
01/29/18 4:09:32 PM
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ghettoraider81 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I don't see anything wrong with it. Pre-natal screenings start happening at 3 months, which is about 13 weeks. And further pre-natal screening happens during week 15-20, which is more than enough time to find out if your child has a defect and you can choose to abort or not abort during that time.


Wrong.

There is a lot that can happen and be discovered after that time frame.


And a baby at 20 weeks can start moving and kicking. And a lot can happen at any time, there is no magic formula that works 100%. Brain defects, which can be caught early are the most important part of the screening.

99% of abortions take place before 20 weeks and provides enough coverage supporters and opponents of abortion.

Is everything perfect? No, it isn't, but if people need a sign of life, it's the baby moving and kicking.
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sktgamer_13dude
01/29/18 4:09:48 PM
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KazumaKiryu posted...
googs19 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I don't see anything wrong with it. Pre-natal screenings start happening at 3 months, which is about 13 weeks. And further pre-natal screening happens during week 15-20, which is more than enough time to find out if your child has a defect and you can choose to abort or not abort during that time.


Except the 20 week ultrasound is where they determine things like if the organs are developing correctly, and there are other complications that don't show up until after 20 weeks.


It's a living baby has a beating heart and feels pain. How many of us wouldn't be alive today if our parents decided to murder us if we had any imperfections? Bloody hell.

Its legally not murder.

gbpxl posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I don't see anything wrong with it. Pre-natal screenings start happening at 3 months, which is about 13 weeks. And further pre-natal screening happens during week 15-20, which is more than enough time to find out if your child has a defect and you can choose to abort or not abort during that time.

what defects would be bad enough that warrant an abortion?

Stuff like Potter syndrome. Other health complications can rise up for the mother.

I think they should push it back to like 24 weeks OR make an amendment where if the life of the baby/mother are in jeopardy if the birth happens or therell be serious health risks or whatever. Not just eh I dont want this baby anymore but like real serious shit.
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SK8T3R215
01/29/18 4:10:09 PM
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Abortions really shouldn't last 20 weeks tbqh. Should be a fairly quick procedure.
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Darklit_Minuet
01/29/18 4:15:59 PM
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KazumaKiryu posted...
Why is this not already a law? What kind of a person would carry a baby inside them for over FOUR MONTHS and then decide they want to kill it?

In a vacuum, this train of thought would make sense. However, you have to look at everything that surrounds this.

Republicans keep pushing laws to stall abortion as long as they can. Closing as many clinics as they can, adding waiting periods, forcing multiple visits, etc. By giving them something like this, they'll know that they "only" have to stall the woman in any way they can for four months and then abortion would be illegal for her.

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GreatEvilEmpire
01/29/18 4:16:54 PM
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gbpxl posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I don't see anything wrong with it. Pre-natal screenings start happening at 3 months, which is about 13 weeks. And further pre-natal screening happens during week 15-20, which is more than enough time to find out if your child has a defect and you can choose to abort or not abort during that time.

what defects would be bad enough that warrant an abortion?


Edwards' syndrome and Down syndrome, with the most common being Down syndrome as the reason for terminating a pregnancy.
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Funkydog
01/29/18 4:17:35 PM
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sktgamer_13dude posted...
I think they should push it back to like 24 weeks OR make an amendment where if the life of the baby/mother are in jeopardy if the birth happens or therell be serious health risks or whatever. Not just eh I dont want this baby anymore but like real serious shit.

Is the latter not a part of US law regarding abortion? That just seems like a basic thing to have, regardless of thoughts on abortion.
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sktgamer_13dude
01/29/18 4:26:02 PM
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Funkydog posted...
sktgamer_13dude posted...
I think they should push it back to like 24 weeks OR make an amendment where if the life of the baby/mother are in jeopardy if the birth happens or therell be serious health risks or whatever. Not just eh I dont want this baby anymore but like real serious shit.

Is the latter not a part of US law regarding abortion? That just seems like a basic thing to have, regardless of thoughts on abortion.

I honestly dont know besides knowing that conservatives want to outlaw it.

Love that the party of small government wants to put as many rules on people as they can!
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emblem boy
01/29/18 6:47:04 PM
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Antifar posted...
The legislation exempts women who require an abortion to save their lives, as well as rape and incest survivors, but the legislation does not include exemptions for health of the mother or severe fetal anomalies, which often cant be detected until the 20-week ultrasound.


Aren't those very similar things? Like, it's fine if the mother won't die but will be severely damaged from the pregnancy?

Anyway, I'm fine with a ban around this 20 week timeframe for health reasons and stuff. Is there a reason these exemptions seem to be so partisan?
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01/29/18 6:52:14 PM
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A_Good_Boy
01/29/18 6:57:54 PM
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Did congress start funding CHIP yet?
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gbpxl
01/29/18 6:59:19 PM
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GreatEvilEmpire posted...
gbpxl posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I don't see anything wrong with it. Pre-natal screenings start happening at 3 months, which is about 13 weeks. And further pre-natal screening happens during week 15-20, which is more than enough time to find out if your child has a defect and you can choose to abort or not abort during that time.

what defects would be bad enough that warrant an abortion?


Edwards' syndrome and Down syndrome, with the most common being Down syndrome as the reason for terminating a pregnancy.


if I had downs syndrome, would you abort me?
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Funkydog
01/29/18 7:00:55 PM
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gbpxl posted...
if I had downs syndrome, would you abort me?

As someone with a genetic disease, it is definitely something I would consider of my own children if it ever happened.
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A_Good_Boy
01/29/18 7:01:07 PM
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gbpxl posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
gbpxl posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I don't see anything wrong with it. Pre-natal screenings start happening at 3 months, which is about 13 weeks. And further pre-natal screening happens during week 15-20, which is more than enough time to find out if your child has a defect and you can choose to abort or not abort during that time.

what defects would be bad enough that warrant an abortion?


Edwards' syndrome and Down syndrome, with the most common being Down syndrome as the reason for terminating a pregnancy.


if I had downs syndrome, would you abort me?

If it would make you stop posting, then sure.
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MC_BatCommander
01/29/18 7:03:09 PM
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gbpxl posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
gbpxl posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I don't see anything wrong with it. Pre-natal screenings start happening at 3 months, which is about 13 weeks. And further pre-natal screening happens during week 15-20, which is more than enough time to find out if your child has a defect and you can choose to abort or not abort during that time.

what defects would be bad enough that warrant an abortion?


Edwards' syndrome and Down syndrome, with the most common being Down syndrome as the reason for terminating a pregnancy.


if I had downs syndrome, would you abort me?


Anyone else find this hypothetical really fuckin' weird
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GreatEvilEmpire
01/29/18 7:09:35 PM
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gbpxl posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
gbpxl posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I don't see anything wrong with it. Pre-natal screenings start happening at 3 months, which is about 13 weeks. And further pre-natal screening happens during week 15-20, which is more than enough time to find out if your child has a defect and you can choose to abort or not abort during that time.

what defects would be bad enough that warrant an abortion?


Edwards' syndrome and Down syndrome, with the most common being Down syndrome as the reason for terminating a pregnancy.


if I had downs syndrome, would you abort me?


That's for your parents to decide. I don't really care.
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gbpxl
01/29/18 7:12:08 PM
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Funkydog posted...
gbpxl posted...
if I had downs syndrome, would you abort me?

As someone with a genetic disease, it is definitely something I would consider of my own children if it ever happened.

I actually had a brother who was born with a rare disease that made him really brittle. he didn't make it very long, only a few months after he was born. I'm glad my parents didn't have him killed because he was broken.
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prince_leo
01/29/18 7:14:11 PM
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MC_BatCommander posted...
Anyone else find this hypothetical really fuckin' weird

it is

but anyway, it failed
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prince_leo
01/29/18 7:19:21 PM
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Ex-Kefiroth posted...
Nelson (D-FL),

interesting. he's generally pro-abortion, but he is up for election this year and must think he has fight on his hands. florida is so fucking weird with abortion
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Questionmarktarius
01/29/18 7:28:46 PM
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Ex-Kefiroth posted...
It failed:

So why are we still worrying about this?
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Tupacrulez
01/29/18 7:47:42 PM
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Man I'm glad I don't live in that country.
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ghettoraider81
01/29/18 10:11:50 PM
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gbpxl posted...
Funkydog posted...
gbpxl posted...
if I had downs syndrome, would you abort me?

As someone with a genetic disease, it is definitely something I would consider of my own children if it ever happened.

I actually had a brother who was born with a rare disease that made him really brittle. he didn't make it very long, only a few months after he was born. I'm glad my parents didn't have him killed because he was broken.


Yeah, much better that he suffered for a few months instead.
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emblem boy
01/30/18 10:42:50 AM
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So I've been reading a bit more about this bill. It seems like those in support of the bill are using the main argument that the kid can feel pain at that point. But apparently that science isn't completely true?

Either way, it seems like most people are fine with abortions not being after 20 weeks, with the exception of various situation and conditions.

Why not just try to agree better on what those exceptions are
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dave_is_slick
01/30/18 10:49:55 AM
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KazumaKiryu posted...
Why is this not already a law? What kind of a person would carry a baby inside them for over FOUR MONTHS and then decide they want to kill it?

KazumaKiryu posted...
googs19 posted...
GreatEvilEmpire posted...
I don't see anything wrong with it. Pre-natal screenings start happening at 3 months, which is about 13 weeks. And further pre-natal screening happens during week 15-20, which is more than enough time to find out if your child has a defect and you can choose to abort or not abort during that time.


Except the 20 week ultrasound is where they determine things like if the organs are developing correctly, and there are other complications that don't show up until after 20 weeks.


It's a living baby has a beating heart and feels pain. How many of us wouldn't be alive today if our parents decided to murder us if we had any imperfections? Bloody hell.

Oh shut the fuck up you melodramatic loon.
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Questionmarktarius
01/30/18 10:51:10 AM
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emblem boy posted...
Why not just try to agree better on what those exceptions are

I seem to recall a strong movement, strangely bipartisan somehow, to specifically exclude certain exceptions, notably Downs and gender-selection.
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Sayoria
01/30/18 10:51:16 AM
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KazumaKiryu posted...
Why is this not already a law? What kind of a person would carry a baby inside them for over FOUR MONTHS and then decide they want to kill it?


It's been through the Supreme Court before in many cases. The verdict is simple.

First three months: At the choice of the mother.
Second three months: Doctor needs to assess the situation with the mother more in depth before proceeding.
Last three months: Up to the state laws.
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BLAKUboy
01/30/18 10:52:08 AM
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This is why we don't respond to Trumpeters.
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Questionmarktarius
01/30/18 10:53:23 AM
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Sayoria posted...
It's been through the Supreme Court before in many cases. The verdict is simple.

Do you happen to have case names handy?
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Zikten
01/30/18 10:54:10 AM
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they need to at least ban frivolous abortions. just not feeling like having a baby is not good enough. you should have to get a doctor's note explaining why the abortion is happening, and if you do it without the note, you go to prison for murder
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prince_leo
01/30/18 10:54:47 AM
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Zikten posted...
they need to at least ban frivolous abortions. just not feeling like having a baby is not good enough. you should have to get a doctor's note explaining why the abortion is happening, and if you do it without the note, you go to prison for murder

why
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