(07-17-2013 03:25 PM)Machiavelli Wrote:  I went over this before but it seems to fall on deaf ears. Sometimes parents don't know that there is a genetic defect until the third trimester. This bill to me sure seems like it will require those parents to carry the child all the way to birth. Is that reasonable? Do you really know better than another family? It just seems like a form of psychological torture to me. You know the child is going to die but carry on with the pregnancy anyways.

Mach... what does the third trimester have to do with anything? The third trimester starts at week 29. We're talking about a move from 24 to 20 weeks. I understand if you disagree, but your argument would be to move the other way from 24 to 32. I think you'll find yourself on a bit of an island there with viability at around 26 weeks.

Not all genetic defects mean death...

There ARE exceptions to every rule, and if you are the exception then you and your doctor can make your case. Laws aren't written for the exceptions. Courts are. Nothing in this bill rules out any existing exceptions to abortion limits.


In all fairness Fo... they fight for the unborn because the unborn don't have the Constitutional protections of the born.

If you can't afford a kid at week 19, chances are pretty good you won't be able to afford them at week 25 either. It's about rights and responsibilities. Everyone wants reproductive rights, but few want the responsibilities that go along with them. One can always point to an exception or a particularly heart wrenching case... but the only reason we can't point to heart wrenching cases in the other direction is because the child is dead