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Originally Posted by Mavdog
the problem (imo) is the issue has become so incredibly politicized.
take "partial birth abortions". did you know that the phrase was conjured up by the national right to life committee, not by medical professionals?
that the procedure was used for terminating 3rd trimester pregnancies where the doctor discovered the fetus had abnormalities that weren't apparent earlier in the pregnancy?
that the procedure was devised to protect the mother, as the typical procedure, dilation and extraction, is dangerous for the mother at that point late in gestation?
so now we have politicians pushing bills that will intervene in how doctors practice medicine, and politicians who support the woman's choice looking for back door attempts by the other side to limit the woman's right of choice, seeing conspiracy in all the bills offered by these politicians against the woman's right.
imo just let doctors practice medicine, and let women control their bodies.
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If the fetus is alive that late in the process, then the abnormalities discovered are not inconsistent with life. You just have a mother that doesn't want a Down's syndrome baby.
The process of a partial birth abortion is a birth that is simply interrupted by intentionally killing the baby. The only "advantage" to the process for the "health" of the mother is that the baby's head is crushed to make it smaller to make passing the Down's syndrome baby's head pass easier.
There is absolutely no good medical excuse for a partial birth abortion. There is just a mother who doesn't want a Down's syndrome baby or a baby with some other abnormality which abnormality is consistent with life...
Besides, if we are talking about the "psychological health of the mother" then how in the heck is psychologically healthy to tell the doctor to do that horrific procedure in the last trimester? How do you live with yourself after that?
Now, before you flame me for that last question, limit the flaming to the topic at hand which is the partial birth abortion in the last trimester of a baby who is viable.