It doesn’t matter which side of the abortion debate you are on, you ought to be able to follow this.
In the 1950’s, even the public discussion of abortion was taboo, much less the actual performance of the procedure. If complications occurred, patients couldn’t seek real medical attention because what they’d done was illegal and anyone helping them would be complacent in the act and subject to prosecution.
In 1973, along came Rowe vs Wade that essentially made abortions legal, under certain restrictions that allowed the state to regulate them. Initially things like the mother’s health and life and the fetuses viability (determined to be about 23-24 weeks) were considered. Essentially this covered abortions up to the second trimester.
Things calmed down in the battle for about a decade. Eventually, the liberals pushed to get Intact Dilation and Extraction, called partial birth abortion by most of us.
Now we consider the right to abortion up to and including live term infants?
But let’s not stop there. Have the baby. Let it live and see how you like it. If you don’t, then there is always the option of the “late birthed abortion”, say up to a year, when one could elect to terminate the infant if it doesn’t then suit your needs, desires or expectation.
Think, maybe we’ll eventually be able to knock off teenagers when they don’t act like we want them to?
Your grumpy Uncle/Brother Dave just wondering where this is going?
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