And there's no thread on this?
Abortions can now be performed ANY TIME BEFORE BIRTH
Abortions can now be performed by NON-DOCTORS (literally anyone. You could do them)
Abortions can now be performed for ANY REASON ("I didn't want a boy")
Celebrated by corporate media
WTC lit up PINK (the colour of babies) in CELEBRATION
This is it you stupid fucking Yanks. The moderates are on your side with this one! Do you not see how this could turn the tide against progressive politics?
It really doesn't matter how you slice it, this is unequivocally the murder of children. Babies. Perfectly healthy, ready to be born, could have been born premature months ago and still be healthy, babies.
The rest of the civilised world is on your side here. You don't have to be Christian, conservative or even pro-life to see that this is pure abhorrence.
Only your progressive yank media are reporting it. The ball is in your park autists. This is your chance, and if you can't raise yourselves against the literal legal murder of perfectly healthy children, then you've failed already.
Kek be with you, you stupid fucking yanks.
OP - https://8ch.net/pol/res/12713069.html
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[–] 16350624? ago
Of course they didn't. Every time there's an outrageous headline on /pol/, five minutes of digging is all it takes to see that it's almost always overblown and/or boiled down.
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Here's what 'health' means in the case of abortion, as defined by the US Supreme Court (which I believe is also the UN definition):
Seems obvious. Pregnancy is a fairly taxing process even for an able-bodied woman. If pregnancy presents a greater-than-average chance to kill her, it makes sense to terminate.
I'm rolling these into one because they're close enough. Having to deliver a rapist's baby, a stillborn, or a braindead child would probably fall under this quite easily.
I'm less clear on this one. The best interpretation I can give is power-of-attorney in cases where the pregnant woman doesn't have the mental strength needed to understand the consequences of having sex and can't provide for herself, which would put the burden of a child on the family.
So, 'health' doesn't here mean what it means in a colloquial sense. Women can't get late-term abortions because they're a little more tired than usual. They can only get them when their life is in the balance, they have a drastic change in standard-of-living (e.g. homelessness), or there's a serious issue with the fetus that only shows up near the end. All of these must be verified by a licensed practitioner.
Of course, that doesn't mean doctors won't take under-the-tale payments to "verify" these things in the same way it doesn't stop pharmacists from doing the same thing for prescription drugs. There's also a lack of data on the reasons for late-term abortions specifically, and trying to extrapolate from a broader set isn't helpful given that the vast majority (~80%) are first-trimester.
[–] 16352374? ago
Way to make it clear that you didn't even read the bill.