anti-abortion comments are so funny. your sister just quit her job and didn’t bother fishing the supposed baby out of the trash?
I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt here and assuming they’re referring to a “born alive” fetus. In some very rare cases of late term abortion, a botched abortion will result in a fetus that comes out of the womb still alive. There have been several bills in the past addressing what’s supposed to happen in these cases, none of which were necessary because the law still stands that doctors are supposed to give the best care possible once a baby is born.
No one wants a late term abortion. A late term abortion usually means there was an anomaly that would have been life threatening to the parent, or that the fetus would not have survived anyways. “Born alive” fetuses are given “comfort care” before being allowed to pass.
The solution to these situations is not to do away with abortion, it’s to improve prenatal health care and abortion care to make sure these situations don’t happen in the first place.
the previous reply is complete bullshit. the fetus at any stage has to be dismembered and scrambled before removal. that was the whole "partial birth abortion" nonsense ban that passed years ago under Bush Jr.
edit to add; people who are far along usually WANTED to carry to term and are devastated to need an abortion. they used to be able to have an induced abortion and labor, then hold the fetus and say goodbye and get photos. the "partial birth abortion" ban means they can't do that anymore.
Shit is always a lie with forced birth religious nuts
“What about abortions that result in a live birth? One CDC report on death certificates for infants for 2003 to 2014, showed “143 deaths involving induced terminations” of pregnancies during that 12-year period, 97 of which “involved a maternal complication or, one or more congenital anomalies.” The data “only include deaths occurring to those infants born alive; fetal deaths (stillbirths) are not included.”
“The “vast majority” of late-term abortions, McNicholas said, would be performed with dilation and evacuation, which “is not survivable,” or in conjunction with medication that stops the baby’s heart. The “only conceivable situation” she could imagine the bill being relevant would be “catastrophic pregnancies” in which the parents and care team “intend to deliver the baby,” but know that there’s a chance the baby won’t survive. In such cases, there may be a plan in place, a “choice by the care team and the patient to not explore extraordinary measures” for a fetus with conditions that aren’t survivable, she said. The care team would provide “comfort and compassion” in such a circumstance.”
Article goes on to say that these situations are still considered abortions.
So it’s extremely rare but it does happen. Bill was unnecessary, as infanticide already was and continues to be illegal.
The problem with saying “it never happens” is that all an anti-abortion person has to do is find one single time it did happen and your argument comes crumbling down- and it has happened.
I think it’s better to acknowledge that it does happen, that it’s an extremely rare anomaly, and there are already systems in place to address them, systems that can be improved if only the anti-abortioners would get out of the way, because the way to making sure these things go from extremely rare to never is to improve prenatal health care and abortion care.
