My friend has two children, born at 31 and 32 weeks by induction - but not abortion - due to toxemia of pregnancy.
If a mother must have therapy for cancer such as chemo or radiation, I'm not quite sure that an abortion is necessary past the first trimester. If the mother is at risk of kidney disease or bleeding, then, perhaps an abortion in the first half of pregnancy or an induction in the last half. The effects and stress - the actual stuff she goes through is the same. But, the need for an intentional death of the child is very, very rare.
I can't imagine a reason for an abortion rather than induction, unless the prejudice is that the child should be killed for some reason. That prejudice is common in the medical field, so you often hear of abortions due to a "fetal anomaly not compatible with life." That translates into the wish for a dead child.
Why did you post that to me?
Nothing makes me more spitting angry than the partial-birth abortion hoax. I debated a NOW Dr who tried to tell me it was necessary, but when I pressed her about the c-section option, the only answer she had for refusing that alternative was that c-sections are risky and scar. Unreal.
I still can't believe the levels to which they'll stoop in this debate.
On the other hand, I had a friend years ago, who had 3 little ones and got pregnant with her 4th. At her first neonatal visit, they found aggressive [cervical or ovarian] cancer. She refused to have even that early of an abortion. Her husband, a physician himself, and the rest of her family tried to convince her, but no.
She had the baby, then died within months, leaving him with 4 children under the age of 7. The resentment will never go away.
One of my best friends now has a very rare blood disease that causes severe clotting and frequent mini-strokes. She was told she was barren years ago, and has come close to dying many times over the last 2 years. She got pregnant, and is going to wait to see how she does, and only abort if she's on death's door.
That means the abortion, which is likely, will now be mid-term, and I find that to be horrendous.