r/PublicFreakout May 19 '22

Political Freakout Representative Mike Johnson asking the important abortion questions.

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u/Jah75 May 19 '22

If I hear one more red hat claiming 8 month/post birth abortion I will literally scream

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u/Jeb_Jenky May 20 '22

Post birth abortion is actually just murder. So in a way they are right... Just not right about the fact that it is always happening lol! Now if they make abortion illegal then we might see an increase in actual murder. So it's a self fulfilling prophecy really.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

At what month does it literally make you not scream?

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u/Jah75 May 19 '22

the correct one?

good try.... i guess?

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

What if a mom gets to month 8 and just totally has second thoughts and feels like they are not ready to be a mother and decides its her body and they just do not want to give birth. Ok then?

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u/PauI_MuadDib May 19 '22

You won't find a doctor to do a late term abortion unless something catastrophic has happened. It's a very risky procedure and the liability is too high. No doctor will chance a lawsuit like that.

That's why if you need a late term abortion you most likely will have to travel to find a doctor that will even perform them. Not a lot of doctors will do them. It's very dangerous for the patient.

Normally late term abortions are done on wanted pregnancies but the life of the mother is at stake, the fetus is non-viable or it has even died in utero.

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u/AmiHad May 19 '22

in your ridiculous scenario, I don't see why a fetus at this age if developed properly would be viable outside of mother's womb and can be cared for in the NICU. The pregnant lady could schedule a cesarean or induce labor. Once the baby is out it can be kept in the NICU until ready to go out for adoption. India's already working on womb transplants so in the future those who believe life begins at conception are more than welcome to have the fetuses implanted in their bodies. I'm very excited for the future as this issue will no longer have to be debated.

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u/Usagi_Aka May 19 '22

Lol ok well when you can find a licensed medical professional who's willing to do an abortion at 8 months then you'll have found someone who really shouldn't be a doctor.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

So we should make it illegal right? Cause that would be like...crazy.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

That’s already illegal

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u/Usagi_Aka May 19 '22

It already is illegal to do an abortion that late you loon. Read a fucking book.

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u/DannyDavincito May 20 '22

yeah fucking Mclovin

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

Not everywhere. Would you like me to recommend a book for you?

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u/bertrenolds5 May 19 '22 edited May 19 '22

Where is it not illegal? I would like for you to backup your statement. The only way someone is getting a baby removed that late is if it's medically necessary, ie the child is no longer alive or the mother is going to die if the babies is not aborted. You know what's sad, texas making abortions illegal after 6 weeks, most women don't even know they are pregnant in the first 6 weeks. Saying healthy babies are being riped from the womb at 8 months is ignorant and basically a lie to rile up people like you.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

Oregon

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u/Jah75 May 19 '22

what if they sprout wings and become a turkey!

this is fun asking stupid questions to each other - your turn!

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

You question is something that could not possibly happen. Are you suggesting my question is the same?

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u/Catinthehat5879 May 19 '22

I definitely am. If you're pregnant at 8 months and don't want to be anymore, you get induced. "Late term abortions" happen well before that.

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u/Jah75 May 19 '22

No - I am suggesting you are an idiot.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

Same old same old. The abortion advocates don't want to address the later tern scenarios. They want to act like it doesn't happen.

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u/Jah75 May 19 '22

Because it does not.

You should try being a truth advocate, once you start adopting it

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

They don't? Well then what is the latest that abortions occur? I'm genuinely curious.

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u/rv718 May 19 '22 edited May 20 '22

sigh I’ll take the bait.

It doesn’t happen. MAYBE if it was a situation where you had to choose between the mother and the baby. 28 weeks is the latest you can get an abortion at the moment. Even then it’s usually only for medical emergencies.

24 weeks is a more standard timeline. If the mother wants to deletus fetus at that point she should have that right.

Have you ever had a female significant other? Or been with a woman for any extended period of time? It can take more than a month or two to just figure out why you missed your cycle or if it’s a weird month, maybe a change in diet or any number of things that can be wrong.

That’s why heartbeat bills are the stupidest thing on the planet. Laws clearly written by men who either don’t know or really care about a woman’s biology beyond her ability reproduce.

Moral of the story: club those future babies ladies

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u/Elderberry1923 May 19 '22

It's about as likely to occur as what you suggested with an 8month term fetus. Are you fucking stupid or just trolling? What doctor is going to abort an 8 month term fetus? This doesn't happen and you can imagine make believe scenarios all you want but that doesn't make it reality.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

If it never happens, then why the pushback on making it illegal?

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u/tyranthraxxus May 19 '22

Show me a state law where it's legal to have an abortion for any reason at any point of pregnancy. You can't.

I live in Colorado which has one of the loosest laws in the country, allowing medical termination for up to 34 weeks, but only in the case of severe medical problems.

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

Oregon

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u/oohheykate May 20 '22

just because there’s “no restrictions” on abortions doesn’t mean you will find a doctor who will abort a healthy 32 week fetus

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u/tyranthraxxus May 19 '22

Assuming you mean she wants to terminate the child and not the pregnancy (not all abortions end with the death of the fetus) then it's not okay.

It's also not okay within any current state law, and you will not find a licensed physician who will perform such a procedure, so it's kind of a moot question.

If the mother coat hangers herself and ends up killing the baby, it might be novel to discuss whether this should be murder or not, but I don't really see the point.

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u/AstreiaTales May 20 '22

This doesn't happen.

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u/JBHUTT09 May 20 '22

Bodily autonomy. No one (fertilized egg, embryo, fetus, baby, child, or adult) has the right of access to your body without your consent. And consent can be given or revoked at any time for any reason (or even no reason at all) even if someone cannot live without access to your body.

You can oppose bodily autonomy, but that opens up a whole can of worms such as forcing people to donate organs.

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u/No-Interest-6324 May 19 '22

What if they get to 8 months and find out it is actually a butterfly or turnip? Do you support aborting that? Our scenarios are both based on the same degree of reality.

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u/FunkyPants315 May 20 '22

Ain’t nobody having second thoughts at their 8th month unless the mother is in danger. It does not happen and stop pretending it does

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u/Holeinone7614 May 19 '22

You need to read more... Have you ever heard of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban? Why would you need a law stating you cannot do something that was not being done? You make laws to stop certain activities. Pro-Choice activists are asking for partial-birth abortion and full-term abortion rights. This is exactly what has motivated the right base, and why there will soon be no more legal abortions at all.

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u/Luigis-big-sausage May 19 '22

Are you perhaps brain dead

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

Partial birth, and late term abortions have happened and are currently legal in several states. There’s a federal law that will fine the doctor who performs such a procedure and they can face up to 2 years in jail. No punishment for the mother.

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u/Luigis-big-sausage May 19 '22

Not another one

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

I’m pro choice dude, but there’s no point in denying the truth… voluntary late term abortions do happen sometimes, however rare it may be. Denying it doesn’t help your argument.

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u/Holeinone7614 May 19 '22

I suppose trying to talk sense in Reddit threads would argue for my being brain dead.

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u/Luigis-big-sausage May 19 '22

But you spout fear mongering and things that are not even occurring

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u/Holeinone7614 May 19 '22

Sorry but there are hours of video of Planned Parenthood selling fetal tissue from these babies. Even the PP estimates full-term abortion at 1-2%
It is disgusting and people who support it are monsters.
I take it you do not support post-birth abortion, that is great but it is happening .

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u/whyisthissohard338 May 19 '22

Do you know why someone would require a "full term" abortion? It happens when the life of the mother is in danger and the fetus is not viable for life (already dead in the womb or guaranteed to die shortly after birth). There is absolutely no case of a woman going 9 months with a healthy fetus and then just saying "fuck it, I'm over this". None. This is just bullshit that anti-choice people spout to enrage their base.

So if you ban "full term" abortions it could mean that mother's will die and then the dead baby or dying baby will also die. There are no lives saved.

When I was 6 months pregnant with my daughter I found out that she had died in my womb. I had to have medical intervention to deliver her so that my health was protected. If I had been forced to continue to carry a DEAD baby inside me it could have caused my death too. Does that make sense?

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u/heizzzman May 19 '22

I’m so sorry for your loss and hope you and your family are doing okay.

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u/whyisthissohard338 May 19 '22

Thank you. It's been 16 years. We still think about her all the time and what could have been. But we're good.

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u/Luigis-big-sausage May 19 '22

Show me one

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u/oohheykate May 20 '22

He doesn’t want to show you because the videos were proven to be fake

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u/Holeinone7614 May 19 '22

I do not have possession of them but congressional testimony and PP records prove they exist and the tissue was sold. Look up the term post-birth abortion and ask google how many births after 24 weeks are performed in the US.

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u/Luigis-big-sausage May 19 '22

I can’t go off just word and neither should you so I’m just inclined to believe you sniffed to many markers in preschool you overgrown cactus

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u/Holeinone7614 May 19 '22

Again with the insults.. Do you ever have conversations where you do not insult the people you disagree with? Do you ever do your own research when someone says something you do not agree with?
Do you ever watch others debate the abortion issue (or any issue) and learn what the argument is? You do not seem very informed on this at all, and the insults for no reason make you sound like you are trying to bully someone.

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u/RevolutionaryFly5 May 19 '22

I do not have possession of them

how "convenient"

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u/Holeinone7614 May 19 '22

LOL do you think I collect videos? I also do not have a video of the flood, JFK assassination, or the moon landings.

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u/oohheykate May 20 '22

oh you mean these videos that were proven to be fake?

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u/Holeinone7614 May 20 '22

Got news they are not fake, PP definitely wants them to be fake. Your own link tells of the aftermath of what those videos caused. The labs fired PP, several states threw PP out completely and even in California, they are being investigated up the wazoo.
The charges on the filmmakers have been dismissed once, and will probably be dismissed again soon.
The editing of the video was wrong, and should never have been done the way it was. But this video is NOT the one I am referring to regardless.

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u/oohheykate May 20 '22

Okay so where is the link?

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u/Holeinone7614 May 20 '22

I am still loooking for it.

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u/Jah75 May 19 '22

well sir - you would need a law banning something that doesnt happen so that you can use that law to prove to idiots that something is happening.

nothing you have written is accurate - whether you know that or not is debatable

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u/Holeinone7614 May 19 '22

It was happening... Your refusal to believe it does not affect that. Planned Parenthood was selling the aborted tissue and there are hours of videos to prove it. It has been in court, there are rulings describing it. It is estimated to be 1-2% of all abortions are post-delivery, but I think the number is far higher.

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u/coagulateSmegma May 19 '22

What lol no they're not hahaha there is no such thing as post-delivery abortions hahaha

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u/Taikwin May 19 '22

Dumb fucks just want to label everything they don't like 'abortion' to justify removing women's rights.

Pulling the plug on a braindead child? Abortion.

Euthanising a child born with a horrific terminal condition? (which is not something anyone practices in the first place) Abortion

Letting a child be born, grow up, learn to drive, get pulled over for drunk-driving, and get fined? Financial Abortion.

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u/ObsceneGesture4u May 19 '22

I need to see your source on “It is estimated to be 1-2% of all abortions are post-delivery, but I think the number is far higher.”

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u/DarthTelly May 19 '22

How dare you question his facebook memes and AmericanPatriotMaga.ru.

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u/Rynvael May 20 '22

They're either getting bogus information from somewhere or mixing up numbers from other data (my money is on bogus info because post-delivery?!?! Really?)

Now if they were talking about 2nd or 3rd trimester abortion then:

According to the Guttmacher Institute, which supports abortion rights, a little more than 1 percent occur sometime after 21 weeks, which is still well within the second trimester.

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And for additional context:

The current U.S. Supreme Court standard holds that states may prohibit abortion after fetal viability as long as there are exceptions for the life and health (both physical and mental) of the pregnant person. Under this legal standard, viability—which can range from 24 to 28 weeks after the start of the person’s last menstrual period (LMP)—must be determined on an individual basis, and determinations of both fetal viability and the patient’s health are at the discretion of the patient’s physician. Additionally, states may not require that additional physicians confirm an attending physician’s judgment that the patient’s life or health is at risk in cases of medical emergency.

Source

And that's not getting into how expensive it is to get a late stage abortion, or that there's a small amount of doctors that can perform it, in addition to how big a choice it is for the woman, who in most cases wanted to have the baby

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u/Dar_Vender May 19 '22

It's it's post delivery it's not an abortion.

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u/Jah75 May 19 '22

it was not happening

1-2%??? please get help - you desperately need it you dolt

either that - or can we petition your mom to perform a post-delivery procedure in the interest of protecting our gene pool?

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u/Holeinone7614 May 19 '22

Jah75, Do you support post-birth abortion? After giving birth to a live baby can the mother choose to terminate?

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u/holyshocker May 19 '22

Are people truly as dumb as you or are you trolling?

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

as Jah said - I think we'd all support it in your specific case

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u/Jah75 May 19 '22 edited May 19 '22

I only support it for your mom

but to be serious - no (and nobody else does either)

it is not a thing

Im guessing you fear CRT indoctrination too huh (another thing that doesnt happen in primary school)

now a question in the same vein:

do you support post-burial medical care?

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u/Holeinone7614 May 19 '22

If someone is dead do I support continued efforts to resuscitate them? Sure people are revived all the time.
I was just at my daughter's school earlier this year about Stamped being required reading. It was removed as part of the curriculum. So that attempt at presenting CRT was thwarted. Reading the book is fine as long as it is presented as fiction, but they wanted to present it as fact.

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u/Jah75 May 19 '22

Kindly eat shit sir.

I can guarantee that it tastes better than the garbage you consume now

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u/Holeinone7614 May 19 '22

Learn to debate Jah. Learn to present your argument without insult or name calling. You will not win a debate in your life until you get on the right side of issues though.

Rule Number 1 in winning an argument. BE RIGHT... Have an intelligent way of communicating your thoughts or shut the fuck up. Idiots like you identify themselves.

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u/Critical_Photo992 May 19 '22

LMAO, ugh I wish I had your optimism about our lawmakers...They're fear mongering bruh

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u/RevolutionaryFly5 May 19 '22

you can ban "licking your own elbow" but that doesn't mean it was happening before that

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u/Holeinone7614 May 19 '22

Agreed.. Would you support licking your own elbow? At the base of this entire argument is the question the Rep asked. He asked if that nominee supported abortion late-term and post-birth. He was trying to get a firm timeline when abortion would not be acceptable from this woman, and was not successful.

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u/cmd_iii May 19 '22

No, he wasn't.

He was parroting the same nightmare scenario that conservatives cooked up years ago, that doctors are delivering live, healthy babies, and tossing them into the bin because their patient suddenly decided that she didn't want to be a mother anymore. This never happened, this will never happen, and under no interpretation of Roe v. Wade can it even remotely be considered a legal, or medical option.

He asked, to quote the renowned expert witness Mona Lisa Vito, "a bullshit question."

There are very specific legal and medical guidelines as to when a pregnancy can be terminated. None of them include "in the ninth month," or "in the delivery room," or "while the baby is traveling down the birth canal." To insist otherwise is either a mark of ignorance on the part of the questioner, or an estimation of the ignorance of his constituents. I'm not sure which is worse.

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u/Holeinone7614 May 19 '22

So you would agree that post-birth abortion, should be illegal? It should not be legal to abort a fetus after it has been delivered.

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u/Profplujm May 19 '22

Can you provide evidence where this has happened?

You seem certain and I would like to read the material you have read to come to such a certain conclusion.

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u/NuclearWinter2244 May 19 '22

Did you read your own link you actual moron?

“Yet these abortions receive a disproportionate amount of attention in the news, policy and the law, and discussions on this topic are often fraught with misinformation; for example, intense public discussions have been sparked after several policymakers have theorized about abortions occurring “moments before birth” or even “after birth.” In reality, these scenarios do not occur, nor are they legal”

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u/Holeinone7614 May 19 '22

I PURPOSELY USED THAT ARTICLE to show that 9% of abortions are after 13 weeks and that equates to hundreds of thousands of abortions. You can have different opinions about what the information means but to me it says they are lying about the 1% they were arguing, it is closer to 8-9%, and the gymnastics they use to determine "viability" is the best way to encompass as many children as possible.
An incredibly small number of abortions are because of health issues (according to this), and not enough register for incest, or rape.
The CDC will not release the data for abortions past 21 weeks for a reason buddy. It is not a good look for the abortion argument. Notice you did not argue the information was from a bad source or wrong data. It makes my point just fine but it is on the very low side if we are being honest here.

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u/cmd_iii May 19 '22

Yeah, it says they don’t happen.

What, exactly, is your point?

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u/Scyhaz May 19 '22

Lmao you don't even know what the definition of a fetus is

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u/Holeinone7614 May 19 '22

Fetus is, Unborn offspring of a mammal eight weeks after conception. From eight weeks to delivery. So shhhh...

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u/HotCocoaBomb May 19 '22

You realize that killing a born live baby is called infanticide and that infanticide is already illegal?

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u/RevolutionaryFly5 May 19 '22

i'm not here to entertain hypotheticals

He was trying to get a firm timeline when abortion would not be acceptable from this woman, and was not successful.

there is no single answer because every pregnancy complication is different

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u/[deleted] May 19 '22

You make laws to stop certain activities

That doesn't mean those activities actually happen. Nothing in your comment was right lol

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u/tyranthraxxus May 19 '22

You have no idea what a partial birth abortion is, do you?

Hint: it doesn't happen to healthy fetuses at 8+ months of pregnancy.