• Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    Explain, in detail please, what’s wrong with late term abortions?

    If a woman has carried a child for over 8 months, isn’t that a demonstration of her desire to have that child? If her doctor advises her that carrying the child to full term is dangerous to her health, doesn’t she have the right to make that choice?

    If a child is going to be born with severe problems that would cause the child to have a very short life full of pain and suffering, why shouldn’t the parents have that option?

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      2 days ago

      This is a bad argument. If the child was carried to 8 months and there were complications, the doctors would induce birth and the child would go to the NICU and be fine.

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        Children can’t grow a brain stem that isn’t there. Or make a malformed heart work There are complications that cannot be treated

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          My claim is that either way there isn’t an abortion. There would be an induced birth, and at 8 months, if the child doesn’t have a rare issue, it would go to the NICU.

          Anybody calling an induced birth an abortion is either ignorant or arguing in bad faith.

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        2 days ago

        You really think that all medical conditions can be fixed?

        They can’t be.

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      2 days ago

      If this is actually the argument you’re choosing to debate late term abortions, then I think the comment you just posted speaks for itself far better than me explaining my position on it.

      That is fucking foul.

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        If a child is going to be born with severe problems that would cause the child to have a very short life full of pain and suffering, why shouldn’t the parents have that option?

        Have you ever talked to a medical professional about what really severe defects they’ve seen? Kids born with the heart on the outside of the body? Kids who have to be on opiates from birth because they are in pain all the time? Kids whose bones won’t grow, but the rest of them will, so they literally strangle themselves?

        At best, you’re arguing from ignorance.

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            To repeat.

            People consider late term abortions because there are terrible complications that can arise.

            If you think this is a lie, talk to any medical professional. Most student nurses or EMTs have seen some examples.

            Banning late term abortions isn’t about protecting life, it’s about making parents who are already suffering have a worse time of it.

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          No, I’m blocking you. You will never spew that shit at me again.

          May God have mercy on you because I sure af wouldn’t.

          Edit: Get right with things. GL to you.

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            You proved that you can’t handle adult issues without running away.

            I worked in public health and I can tell you stories that would make you cry.

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              Criticizes late-term abortions

              Reacts viscerally to things that are real and legitimate reasons for late-term abortions

              “I can’t believe you’ve said that, OMG, so gross, blocked”

              Clearly, they have no capacity for thinking critically, or they are farming responses. Don’t waste your time.

              And MaXimus, if you really think those scenarios are horrible, then imagine how the parents feel about the opportunity of not allowing a child to suffer in those horrible ways.

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                99% of Right wing propaganda is “We have a right to our feelings and you don’t.”

                In another thread I mentioned the Tulsa massacre. I was told that people shouldn’t be forced to feel guilty about things they had no control over. I asked if they felt they had a right to celebrate July 4th, because they had nothing to do with that either. No reply yet.