You know abortion isn’t just a thing that whores and promiscuous teenagers might want, right? Pretty much any woman who gets pregnant might need to get it as a matter of life and death, however horrifying a prospect it is.
Literally the right to life. And it’s been taken away because enough “muh freedom” and “pro life” voters will put having armour-piercing ammo on the shelves of every grocery store ahead of it.
What are you saying? 'muh freedom' has nothing to do with abortions, it's the exact opposite. Pro-choicers believe their 'freedom' to have an abortion comes before the baby's life, and pro-lifers believe the unborn have the same protections as the born.
That being said, you do have a point here, about some districts not allowing certain extreme cases, like the mother's life in peril. Some do, but a lot don't. This is a complicated can of worms here, like risk of what qualifies as the mother's life being put in jeopardy is hardly a completely simple thing where you can draw a clear policy line. Especially so when you consider with proper modern care, very few conditions any more truly endanger the mother's life at birth. Mother mortality rates are at an all time low.
When I was born my mom and I were severely endangered because of undiagnosed
placenta praevia. Without proper care, the situation became critical. She lost a lot of blood and we both almost died at one point. She had to stay at the hospital for over 6 weeks until I was born. But with proper care at the hospital, the situation stabilized and we were no longer in danger.
Under the laws you seem to want, would my mom have been able to have an abortion with me just because her life was technically endangered, even though proper care was mitigating that risk? With pregnancy there is always a very small amount of risk for unforeseen complications. You have to accept a certain amount of unlikely, but realistic, risk when deciding to have children. Women successfully have children in 'high risk' pregnancies all the time, the medical community is really good about informing you. My daughter was born in a 'high risk' pregnancy as well, complete with an emergency C-section. It's a lot more common than you probably think, almost routine nowadays.
