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In reply to the discussion: I opened the bathroom door and found my roommate's girlfriend in a pool of blood [View all]mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Actually you know I'd be in favor of a compromise (as long as the other side will STFU going forward) wherein abortion is only legal in an unrestricted fashion for the first trimester. Every woman should know she's pregnant and have time to consider her options and take action ... within 90 days of conception. NOTE: PREDICATED on expanding services so nobody is way too far away from a place to GET one, open on Saturdays, and making it FREE for anyone who can't afford it!
During the 2nd, there must be demonstrable extenuating circumstances ... the details of which could be hashed out but would obviously include sudden serious health emergency for the mother, or evidence that fetus is either not viable or would be significantly deformed/disabled, that kind of thing. I don't know that Downs should qualify here, but there are many other much worse congenital defects that can be known only in the 2nd Tri.
And then ... other than an absolute emergency life/death situation ... a ban for the 3rd Tri.
If we as a society could just draft reasonable compromise (and honestly the above sounds reasonable to me), so that everyone was at LEAST SOMEWHAT mollified, and this damn issue could be put to rest, legally ... man would we all be better off.