Posted on 04/19/2007 11:06:38 AM PDT by redstates4ever
"I'm incredibly bitter today. And disgusted. What the Supreme Court did today is nothing short of repugnant. I can't say that I'm exactly surprised that a group of conservative men chose to expand federal powers and sanction torture for women today by declaring the ban on late term abortions that President Bush signed in 1993 does not violate the Constitution.
No, not surprised that people who will never have any idea of what it means to be forced to choose between your own life or that of the fetus you're carrying would make such an emotional and irrational decision. None of these men will ever be forced to carry a fetus against their will. This decision will never impact them at all - all their wives, daughters, and mistresses are well off enough that they can fly to a more humane country if something unforeseen and awful happens during their pregnancies. It's the normal, every day women who will suffer. And what do they care? They got to make their point.
Does my life mean so little? Do the Supreme Court justices really think they have such vast medical expertise and personal knowledge of my health and personal life that they - not my doctor and not me - should be making my medical decisions? I realize that at the time the Constitution was written, women didn't really have any rights - but do they really think putting my health on the level of livestock is really the way to go?
Less than 2% of abortions occur after 21 weeks. Women do not run around getting knocked up willy nilly for the sheer pleasure of having invasive and painful surgeries, and they especially do not look forward to have to make a choice between getting chemo for cancer or sacrificing their lives for a healthy baby. Most men that I know do not want to face fatherhood alone - they do not want children enough to let their wives die for it. They do not look forward to the idea of letting the kid visit mommy in the graveyard.
It kills me - kills me - that pro-forced childbirth advocates are so happy about this! Do they think they've just saved countless lives? Do they honestly and truly think that this decision will stop late term abortions from happening? I know, I know, they don't give a rat's ass about the reality of the situation - just their f**ked up, rose-colored glasses worldview. "
(my edit on the swear word in the last sentence)
Something tells me she's incredibly bitter everyday.....
Kills her? How about the baby undergoing a PBA? Who is this loon?
Somebody inform this retarded beyatch that a D&E is exactly that: a forced childbirth.
About three years ago, my youngest was having her first baby.
She developed uremic poisoning and it threatened her life.
The baby had a little more than three months to go. It got so serious that the doctor delivered the baby by Cesarean section on Christmas day.
The baby boy had to stay in ICU for about three weeks, but they both did fine.
The way to terminate a threatening pregnancy is to deliver the baby. We got our twenty second Grandchild.
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Why the drop after 1960? (in deaths of women from illegal abortions)
The reasons were new and better antibiotics, better surgery and the establishment of intensive care units in hospitals. This was in the face of a rising population. Between 1967 and 1970 sixteen states legalized abortion. In most it was limited, only for rape, incest and severe fetal handicap (life of mother was legal in all states). There were two big exceptions — California in 1967, and New York in 1970 allowed abortion on demand. Now look at the chart carefully.
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Abortion Statistics - Decision to Have an Abortion (U.S.)
· 25.5% of women deciding to have an abortion want to postpone childbearing
· 21.3% of women cannot afford a baby
· 14.1% of women have a relationship issue or their partner does not want a child
· 12.2% of women are too young (their parents or others object to the pregnancy)
· 10.8% of women feel a child will disrupt their education or career
· 7.9% of women want no (more) children
· 3.3% of women have an abortion due to a risk to fetal health
2.8% of women have an abortion due to a risk to maternal health
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So how many women’s lives have been saved by abortion?
Only about 3% of abortions since 1972 were reported to be “due to a risk to maternal health.” A reasonable person would recognize that not all of those cases represent a lethal risk. But let’s say they did. That means that nearly 45 million fetuses were butchered to save the lives of about 1.3 million women. Or put another way; 35 babies are killed to save each woman.
Abortion was legal in all 50 states prior to Roe v. Wade in cases of danger to the life of the woman.
Roe v Wade: FULL Text (The Decision that wiped out an entire Generation 33 years ago today)
"I'm packin' a wire hanger, and don't think I'm afraid to use it!"
I thought she looked OK, but then again, I’m 40 and single.
Make that 14-and-a-half. He was obviously elected in 1992.
Why would someone who will never be impregnated the natural way be concerned about abortion?
She’s bitter because she can’t find a guy who would make it necessary for her to have an abortion
I believe that if a woman TRULY HAS a life threatening illness like a rapidly spreading cancer or something and is pregnant that doctors will give her a choice with or without this ruling instead of telling her she HAS to carry the baby to term before being able to start chemo, have surgery, etc.
I knew a woman who discovered a breast lump during pregnancy and tried to keep it a secret because she wanted the baby so badly. The doctor found out during one of her visits and biopsied it. Long story short, they ended up terminating the pregnancy, but the mother died anyway because the cancer had spread rapidly. VERY sad.
Your choice, lady, to use the coat hanger.
See You Next Tuesday!
“All of the women are beautiful at closing time” doesn’t apply here.
This is not 1964, there are many various and effective forms of birth control.
Why are there still so many Unwanted Preganancies?
You know, that's a good question. I've often wondered why too. Everyone knows it's available in so many different forms that it's ridiculous for anyone to have an unwanted pregnancy.
I think your real problem is you are running around willy nilly without getting knocked up. Your chances might go up if you carry a brown paper bag with you.
“The way to terminate a threatening pregnancy is to deliver the baby. We got our twenty second Grandchild.”
congratulations.
Yes - clearly she had good doctors who understood that inducing,manipulating to breach position, and then committing murder would have placed her in even more trauma.
Thank God she is all right and the child pulled through.
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