So, you acknowledge that 100% of the time that pregnancy will result in the birth of a human being.
Will result.If it cant live outside the mother,its not a person.
So, you acknowledge that 100% of the time that pregnancy will result in the birth of a human being.
The question is, at what point can "it" live outside the womb? What we know with absolute certainty it can live long before the 9 month full term. Any abortion done after the first trimester needs to be done in an emergency situation only where the life of the mother is in grave danger, and should never be done with taxpayer dollars.Will result.If it cant live outside the mother,its not a person.
The question is, at what point can "it" live outside the womb? What we know with absolute certainty it can live long before the 9 month full term. Any abortion done after the first trimester needs to be done in an emergency situation only where the life of the mother is in grave danger, and should never be done with taxpayer dollars.
Abortions after 21 weeks are only 1% of all abortions.The right tries to paint it as though most abortions are late term and that is a lie.Most Dems only support late term abortion to save the life of the mother.Its also very expensive requiring a multiple day stay at the hospital and travel because not all abortion doctors do them.
There are some significantly prominent democrats that don't speak out about late term abortions, and this is part of the reason the right overreacts to the negative on abortion. If extremes on both sides could just settle down, there might be a compromise in this. The mayor of New York was just out saying that he doesn't oppose any abortion, even when asked if he would oppose up to the day of birth (I can probably find the video if you've not seen it and doubt me).
Conservatives who are pro-choice (like myself) really get turned off by the concept of late term and late stage abortions in all but the most extreme cases of protecting the mother's life. If the left wants the support of folks like myself, it needs to stop with the ultra ridiculous standpoint of open, late stage abortions.
Here is something like I'm talking about. Now, I get that this person is probably (hopefully?) an anomaly, but this stuff gets press and goes viral and just makes the other side dig in their heels. It keeps us fighting and prevents any compromise.
I don't know that the right, generally speaking, is trying to paint all abortions as late term. What I do know is that the extremists at both ends of the spectrum are the root cause of our inability to bring this issue to a reasoned conclusion. That, and the cowards in congress who would rather have the issue than a solution. Tragically there are instances in which abortion is the best choice, all things considered. 21 weeks is probably at the limit of what most reasonable people would be okay with, but the lunatic position of abortion on demand all the way to birth is as insane as the lunatic who is against the morning after pill. It's going to take some leaders with a spine to address this issue, and those are in short supply.Abortions after 21 weeks are only 1% of all abortions.The right tries to paint it as though most abortions are late term and that is a lie.Most Dems only support late term abortion to save the life of the mother.Its also very expensive requiring a multiple day stay at the hospital and travel because not all abortion doctors do them.
Prominent Dems do need to make it clear this is not the position of the party.It should be pro choice until the baby can live outside the womb with the only exception after that to save the life of the mother.They aren't going to lose many votes taking that position and its not even an issue with only 1% of abortions being after 21 weeks.I personally don't know a single person who supports abortion after the kid can live outside the mother except to save the life of the mother.
Agree! But when they keep silent for fear of pushing away the more radical members of the party, this is what we get.