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One could also argue that legally allowing unrestricted abortions past 24 weeks is counterproductive, since it galvanizes the pro-life movement. Look at any rally and most protestors are showing pictures of very late term abortions. I remember being in school as a teenager and the pro-life activists coming to our classroom to graphically describe partial-birth abortions that suck out the brains of babies. I was pro-life for the next ten years or so.

Obviously, that’s not representative at all of what a normal abortion looks like. But it’s much less galvanizing to show a 6-8 week old bunch of unrecognizable bodily fluids, which is much more representative of the average abortion.

A clear timeline also puts a healthy pressure on pregnant women to make a difficult decision earlier, when everything is easier, less impactful and less risky, instead of postponing it.

I’m not an expert, but the happy balance seems to be with easy accessibility up to 12 weeks and progressive restrictions after that.

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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

This was also the gist of the original Roe v Wade, which established a trimester framework.

if we’re being honest… that’s bad medicine. And ultimately… we should not have other people’s religion dictating what healthcare is available. period.

no system of laws can be flexible enough to account for every situation and any attempt to do so is more likely to deprive people of healthcare. because some people believe weird things. Hell. Their own ~~immutable word of god~~scripture contains instructions on how to do it. you know. The same scriptures many insist can’t possibly be wrong and therefore, the world is only 6k years old, and that dino bones were planted and didn’t actually exist… or something.

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- Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  To be fair, all it says is that if your wife is pregnant with another man’s baby, you should sweep the church floor, put that dust and dirt in some water, and make her drink it. Then the Lord decides (if there was enough germs in the potion to endanger the fetus.)
  
  So it really doesn’t say “How” to abort a pregnancy, just how to punish your whore wife.
  
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- alvvayson@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Are you implying that Roe v Wade is religious? Cause you aren’t making much sense.
  
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  - FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Predicating laws on abstract generalizations of biology is bad law making- and bad medicine. That aspect of RvW makes no sense. Its an arbitrary line drawn by people whose sole qualification is… totally unrelated.
    
    The rest is just a rant about why abortion shouldn’t be regulated beyond any other routine healthcare procedure.
    
    Everyone’s pregnancy is different and unique, as are their situations. It’s impossible to accommodate everyone’s needs (or beliefs.) so they shouldn’t even try,
    
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