In Alabama, Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed the most restrictive anti-abortion bill yet, outlawing virtually all abortions in the state, including in cases of rape and incest.
Forcing a 11-year-old girl to carry a child after a rape, like it has happened in a current case is cruel.
I'm against late-term abortions, but a girl or a woman should be able to have an abortion in the first weeks of pregnancy.
Forcing a 11-year-old girl to carry a child after a rape, like it has happened in a current case, is cruel.
Did that happen under this law? I hadn't heard about that.
It was my understanding the Georgia law stipulates abortion is allowable if the pregnancy threatens the woman's life. An 11 year old carrying a child to term could easily be life threatening in numerous ways.
However, it is also cruel to encourage a young girl to kill her child -- a reality she will have to live with for the rest of her life, which will increase her risk of depression and suicide dramatically. She also faces increased risks of sterility, cervical damage (especially if very young), and inability to carry children to term in the future. The statistics on these risks of abortion are rarely discussed.
A close friend of mine who went through this and regrets her teenage decision to this day says "Terminating a pregnancy doesn't save you from motherhood; it just makes you the mother of a dead baby."
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think- ago
Forcing a 11-year-old girl to carry a child after a rape, like it has happened in a current case is cruel.
I'm against late-term abortions, but a girl or a woman should be able to have an abortion in the first weeks of pregnancy.
Vindicator ago
Did that happen under this law? I hadn't heard about that.
It was my understanding the Georgia law stipulates abortion is allowable if the pregnancy threatens the woman's life. An 11 year old carrying a child to term could easily be life threatening in numerous ways.
However, it is also cruel to encourage a young girl to kill her child -- a reality she will have to live with for the rest of her life, which will increase her risk of depression and suicide dramatically. She also faces increased risks of sterility, cervical damage (especially if very young), and inability to carry children to term in the future. The statistics on these risks of abortion are rarely discussed.
A close friend of mine who went through this and regrets her teenage decision to this day says "Terminating a pregnancy doesn't save you from motherhood; it just makes you the mother of a dead baby."
think- ago
Here's the link - http://archive.fo/hD3rD
It's a case in Ohio.
Vindicator ago
Thanks for the link :-)
think- ago
welcome.