'Health' of the Mother

I think you republicans are such hypocrites. You and whine b i t c h about the government being too big but then you want to dictate who we can marry and how we have babies. You repugnants can take your morality and shove it up your A S S!

The entire late term abortion argument is 'silly', for lack of a better word. What woman would rather wait months and months and have a much riskier, much longer and much more expensive procedure for no good reason? Think about it. If you think there are a bunch of women just waiting for the hell of it and not aborting later for other than serious circumstances, you are not thinking rationally. Also, regarding the so-called 'partial birth abortion', I often ask pro-lifers if they would feel better if the other method of late term abortion were used instead, where they break up the fetus in utero and then take it out in pieces. Since they are so into stating how gory they think the 'partial birth abortion' is and use that as part of their argument. Mostly, I feel horribly for women who must make these horrible decisions late in pregnancy which is an obviously wanted pregnancy. I'm sure they think pro-lifers using their tragic circumstances to push some kind of personal agenda while not giving two craps about what they are going through or the actual circumstances, makes them just as sickened as these total strangers feel about something they don't know a thing about or that doesn't affect them at all.

I am so disillusioned by the comments on this page. We all have acces to free education, yet, so many of you sound ignorant, uneducated, and racist. First, Obama is not muslim so the repeated references to "Hussein" is fear mongering just like Hitler and Bush practiced. Second, do a little research on your abortion laws before spewing your ignorance all over us. Thirdly, Rep or Dem, you must vote for whom ever will be best for our country. If making all abortions illegal, you get the downward spiral of the economy that we are witnessing today. Quit being so simple minded.

prenatal death....he would go to jail. and he would go because he ment harm to the mother, the living, air breathing thinking grown woman she is...

NO MORE HOLYROLLER!!!!

Ah Jim:

First: Obama cannot waltz into the white house and start making a bunch of laws without approval from both houses of congress.

Second: Once again you're wrong but keep spewing lies. It's so old Jim. Obama voted against a law that was already on the books. Is that what you want him to do, vote to have duplicate legislation for the same issue - isn't that big government? He also voted against a law that didn't include an exception for women's health. Also, how does one reach into the womb, grab the FEET of a baby and suck it's brains out - you sound totally ignorant saying *** like this. You can't reach up in there even unless the woman is very dialated, which doesn't happen unless you are in labor or induce labor.

You seem to know so much on this topic Jim, what percentage of abortions occur after the first and/or second trimester?

Instead of ranting and raving, why don't you take your ass down to the nearest low income neighborhood and start helping educate the people on unwanted pregnancies, a good way to help reduce abortion. Or, how do you suggest we legislate morality? What happens if we make abortion illegal? You're talking HUGE government! Do you charge a woman with murder if she has an abortion and how do you determine if it was a miscarriage or an abortion? Are you going to skyrocket healthcare costs by requiring doctors to submit your medical records to the goverment? When do I have to register with the federal government, after my first or second missed period? You have all of these insults and judgements but you have no solutions. Your time would be much bette spent trying to help women make the decision to not have an abortion or to help them not get pregnant in the first place.

Lastly, I know you will probably try to slam me in some ignorant way, but your ridiculous and preposterous comments about what Obama will do when he gets into office are some of the most ignorant racists things I have ever heard. You really do sound delusional.

I was absolutely horrified when John McCain used the air quotes and spoke of the mother's health in that sarcastic voice. It was a disgusting moment. I now despise him. It was a "game changer" for me

Wow! I have read through every comment on here & so far I've seen only a handful of educated, well articulated responses that are not just mud-slinging, name calling, & utterly ignorant attacks on one belief versus the other. I would now like to add my two cents for what it's worth.
I am in my late 20's, the proud mother of 2, & a christian. I personally do not agree with abortion, HOWEVER, I do believe that when a woman/girl is raped or molested, the morning after pill should be readily available to them; and barring that from working, an abortion allowed. I would not wish either of those resulting pregnancies on anyone because it is just cruel & inhumane to make someone relive something like that over & over. The act happening the first time around is enough.
As for late term abortions, I'm not sure honestly. I do agree that if it is determind continuing the pregnancy would/could kill the mother, it should be allowed. But at the same time I would want verifiable proof, not just someones word, because as many of you have said, people lie.
I believe that abortion for an unwanted or teenage pregnancy is just plain wrong. That is my personal opinion & I am not asking any of you to agree with me. I also think that Roe vs. Wade should be overturned, in the respect that a new, more up-to-date version be set in it's place. When it was signed into law, it was sufficient for the time. Now kids, & yes i mean KIDS, are having sex, not just those over 18. They are having sex because they want to, or because all their friends are, or because of some misguided idea that the other person will love them like they aren't at home if they are intimate with them like that. Also, their parents are expecting the schools to raise their kids concerning sex more so nowadays than before. This is not a good idea people! I believe that kids would be benefitted by both abstinance & safe sex education in schools &, most importantly, at home. I had both in school & so had the correct information, I believe, to make the decision to have sex when I did. And I got pregnant, out of wedlock, at 21yrs old; but having an abortion was never an option for me because I was raised to be responsible for the choices I make, & to stop & think before I made decisions that could impact my life like that.

We as americans in this free country we live in should not judge other. Especially if you are a christian. It not anyones business what a women does with her body. I would have a abortion personally but It's not my business what the next person does. That's what is suppose to be so great about living in a free country. To all you men that are pro-life....you don't understand a women body or what we go through when we are pregnant.

Here is the deal. Pro-choice is NOT interchangeable with "pro-abortion". Pro-choice means that no one else but the pregnant WOMAN gets to make the decision about her own body. I don't get to dictate to you about what religion (a choice that any American can make for themselves) you get to be and you don't get to dictate to me what I do with my body. I have been fortunate to never have had to make this kind of decision but I do know a few women who have. It is a decision that they never made lightly but it was theirs to make and I would never dream of judging them on it. I have ABSOLUTELY no right to tell another woman what to do with her own womb and neither does anyone else. If you don't like abortions, don't have one. If Roe v. Wade is ever overturned, I would suggest that there be new laws put in place so that the "man's" responsibility begins at conception as well. If you are going to dictate to a woman that she has got to carry the baby to term, than the man (or his parents if the father is underage) MUST start financially and medically supporting the mother at conception. The father would have to attend all doctor's appointments and the birth. It takes two to create a child and if the mother's responsibility starts at conception then so does the father's.

The doctors did not agree on whether my health, or life was at stake when I had my baby. I made the choice to have her, but my primary care physician said after it was over" I wouldn't have given you a nickel that either one of you would have survived." While the specialists I had to see every weekapproved the decision and got me thru it.
When you talk about extremes-talk about the antichoice movement. In LA a few years ago the state legislature voted that women with etopic pregnancies could not end them. A tubal pregnancy that could not possiably have suceeded. This is what happens when politicians get involved in health decisions.