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In reply to the discussion: Scalia Suggests Women Have No Right to Contraception [View all]LittleGirl
(8,277 posts)#1 Not all pregnancies are valid; meaning healthy babies.
#2, NONE of the birth control methods are 100% effective. None of them.
#3, what about the still born? How long is a women supposed to carry a dead child?
Sure, most abortions are performed in the first trimester but some things are simply not detected until the 20 week ultrasound. Proof of point, my neighbor was pregnant with her second child. At her 20 week ultrasound they discovered the baby was developing without a brain and not much of a skull either. At first, she wanted to abort, but she choose to birth the child later. And, what about women who couldn't emotionally carry that baby to term? I believe they should be allowed to abort even at 20-21 weeks. I would normally agree with your stand - no abortions because there is plenty of birth control to be distributed to women, but sometimes, babies just don't make it. If they outlaw abortions at that stage, she would have faced what? Prison?
And what about the case of my nephew? He died in womb at 8 months. They induced labor but he was dead.
My neighbor's baby that I refer to died 40 minutes after birth (8 months gestation without inducing).
Good story ending, she gave birth to a healthy girl about 18 months later as did my sis-in-law who lost the still born. Two totally different situations, both wanted the child but the babies didn't survive.