So just now the grey area on viability for a micropremie is 22-24 weeks and the deck is stacked until after 30 weeks. On the one hand I get twitchy about abortion after that point, on the other hand...Women wait so long for reasons imposed by the system, It seems like some women probably just go ahead and have an unwanted baby because the deck is stacked against them dealing with the problem prior to that point. Here are two examples of this.
http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2010/09/20/wait-long-impact-nebraska-abortion
Why Did She Wait So Long? Later Abortions and the Implications of the New Nebraska Ban
By Susan Yanow and Kimberley Bullard
September 23, 2010 - 7:00am
*The stories in this article are true summaries of women who presented for services at the ParkMed Physicians clinic in New York during 2009. Details have been changed to protect the anonymity of the women.
At 17, Rachel* was a high school senior when her steady boyfriend forced her to have sex. Rachel’s period was not regular, and like her family, Rachel had always considered herself pro-life. When she finally realized that she was pregnant and thought about her strong desire to go to college and her life goals, she realized that for her, abortion was the right decision.
Rachel called the nearest clinic and was informed that her state had a parental consent law, requiring her to get the consent of a parent or a judge because she was under 18. For the next three weeks Rachel feared telling anyone, especially family, but after much deliberation and anxiety she finally told her mother. While her mother was initially angry, within a few days she agreed to help Rachel get an abortion. They called the nearest clinic and got the first available appointment, one week away. At the appointment, Rachel and her mother were shocked when the ultrasound showed that Rachel was already five months (20 weeks) pregnant. The clinic did not offer abortions past 14 weeks. They referred her to a clinic five hours away, but because of limited physician availability that facility had no appointments for three weeks. They also learned that the clinic could not accept the health insurance that Rachel’s family had. Since Rachel’s procedure would take two days to perform, they would also need to make arrangements to stay in a hotel. Rachel and her mother spent the next three weeks borrowing $2,500 to pay for the travel, hotel, and abortion. On the day that Rachel finally had her abortion, she was 2 days shy of 24 weeks pregnant.
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So it isn't simple, it isn't cut and dried. How can we legislate something that has no absolutes?
Why in hell does it have to be so hard??
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