18+ General Discussion Forum

No offense, but I think the complexity of the argument is getting lost entirely. Abortion doesn't just occur at the behest of "careless teens" or baby killing, promiscuous, hypersexual, females. There are many, many reasons that the matter should remain a personal one between a woman, her conscience, her doctor and her God.

Google poor prenatal diagnosis and/or anencephaly and/or twin-to-twin transfusion and/or fetal defects incompatible with life. In bereaved parent support groups I have attended I have met many women with absolutely heartwrenching stories of wanted children who ultimately could not survive outside of the womb--some carried to term, others, for a variety of reasons, chose not to do so.

When people speak of abortion they talk about irresponsible teens, rape, incest or mother's health...but never fetal abnormalities which might be incompatible with life (e.g. baby's internal organs have formed on the outside of the body or worse). If it is mentioned, people gaffe it off with a "Oh, well, that's only 1% of the time. The courts could handle those special cases."

Right. I'm sure someone who has just been told their baby will be born without a head and continuing the pregnancy may endanger their life or ability to have other children or a woman who has twins but may lose both because one is literally killing the other...I'm sure that person really wants to be drawn through a lengthy court battle in addition to the multitude of horrors they are experiencing otherwise.

It's only 1%, yes, but if you were the 1%...would you want to be treated that way?

Using abortion as birth control is abhorrent, but, how do you form a law that is fair to those who fall into the category of poor prenatal diagnosis?