'Health' of the Mother

When is someone going to start telling the truth? Every four years we go through this, the right uses abortion as a moral spear and the left uses Roe to extort women into voting their way. The truth is, Roe is not going to be overturned without a Constitutional amendment, and in 30 years of working in the medical field I have never seen nor heard of a so-called later-term abortion. Abortion implies killng the fetus. To terminate a pregnancy with a viable fetus is called induction of labor, and short of infanticide which is illegal, any baby born breathing would be taken to the NICU regardless of the mother's wishes. Enough of this outrageous pandering and distortion. Shame on you, you should know better.

Has anyone ever heard of the Morning After Pill??? www.morningafterpill.org
If a woman was raped...don't you think she would know about it the morning after? If someone does not want to get pregnant I recommend not having sex, use a contraceptive (many are 99% accurate), how about tying the tubes or all of the above??? You know what you don't HAVE to have sex....unless it's forced on you and then there is the morning after pill. I think I'd rather be RESPONSIBLE (a word that isn't often used) about sex and its risks (like getting pregnant) rather than killing an innocent life. Pregnancy can be dangerous so if you are afraid of losing your life or you just aren't in a position to have a baby.....then how about PREVENTION? If your life is in danger than the baby's life would be in danger.....so I would think that delivering the baby early would be better....rather than abortion! Many babies have lived after coming into this world at only 22 wks (and they can be healthy???..heaven forbid if your child might have a disability???sarcasm if you couldn???t tell). If this should all be about choice....why not retain the right to kill anyone?....I guess because you haven't had a breath of air it's OK ; ).....just go on telling your selves that. This subject gets so much press???.funny thing is most abortions are from women in their mid to late 20???s who have already had a child???.makes a lot of sense huh???.so they know how the whole pregnancy thing happens and probably know that it CAN be prevented. Well in this society it???s really no surprise that we would actually make people deal with the consequences of their actions and actually have people just give birth???and if they really aren???t in the position to take care of A PERSON then to go through the process of adoption???.I guess that would be hard. There are always exceptions to subjects that can tug heart strings but the truth is MOST of the time that???s not the case. Sure, go and use 1% or less of a population to make rules for everyone???that makes total sense. I guess sex is a more important right???.rather than life???.yup???.that sounds about right.

A child is conceived. Life begins its cycle of cells multiplying and forming. A child grows. To kill this growing life is wrong. When conception happens, it is no longer just your body, you are carrying a baby's body in you. To the man whose wife and baby (with broken bone problem), my heart goes out to you. That was unavoidable due to true medical reasons. To the nurse in the OB room, I had post partum depression and I thought that I had made a horrible mistake by having a child. Now that I am well, due to meds and counseling, I could not imagine that. I did not think I made a mistake haing my chld, but by getting pregnant. It was not her choice to be conceived. She is truly a bright and shining lisght in this world and I love her dearly.

Aborttion is not a choice, it is murder. True medical reasons aside. We protect animals, trees, and other nonsense but do not protect thise growing cildren.

easydoesit got it perfectly right!

If the pro-life advocates believe that life begins at conception then none of them should use preventive tools when having sex because the idea of prevention is to kill the same "life" they want to protect.

You see, we have too many of these inconsistent individuals in our society. The pro-lifes have wasted their energy condemning pro-abortion advocates for the same practice that they are also guilty of.

Next time, you talk to a pro-life advocate that advocates a prevention method that is not "Abstinence" call that person "Baby killer" if he/she believes life begins at conception.

The unborn do not suffer, but unwanted children do. What rational can there possibly be for not only bringing unwanted children into the world, but even doing so when another life ends because of it? That simply makes no sense. I think abortion should be the woman's choice alone so long as the fetus is unable to live on it's own outside her body. Once it could live on it's own if outside her body, then the only reason it should be aborted is if the mother would die or be seriously injured in exchange for giving it life. No one should be FORCED to die or be severely injured so that someone else can be born, though some women might choose to risk their lives and/or their health to make sure their child is born. Who are you to say her life is worth less than her child's? Are women so worthless to you?

In Kansas, according to state law, abortions after 21 weeks can only be done to prevent maternal death that would be caused by the pregnancy or to "prevent substantial a nd irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman." Another part of the law requires the health reason to be documented and sent to the state. These forms have listed "health" reasons including depression and going to a rock concert.

what about when they operate on a 'fetus' to save it's life in a pregnant woman...aren't they recognizing it as a life then?? It's not even born and it's being recognized as a life, yet another woman can still opt to abort that fetus at the same stage, and in that situation it's not recognized as a life. It's pure hypocrisy. You can deliver a baby and not be 'forced' to raise it. Give it up for adoption, but at least give the life a chance. You never know if that one you're aborting could be the one to find a cure for cancer, or be the next greatest leader, or the next Einstein. This world needs all the hope it can get, and each new life brought here is just that...Hope.

I notice many people talk about what women "want" during pregnancy, as if the woman is the only person being affected by the "choice." I wonder how many of those people are thoughtful enough to consider that the baby deserves a right to life. Or are they just "not people" who don't deserve a chance at life? Sorry guys, but we've heard that argument before. We heard it regarding the Native Americans... and the blacks... and the Jews... and the Russian civilians. Enough is enough.

My personal belief is I could never have an abortion, but I have finally come to the realization that I can't tell someone else what to do. Each case is different. I would like to see more effort on education of men and women about birth control. But the religious right won't even consider that. Being uneducated leads to poor choices. We live in a diverse country with many belief systems. I am a Christian, but NOT a fundamentalist. I am deeply concerned by other people trying to push their religious beliefs on others. Your beliefs are your own, live by them, but do not presume to dictate to others what they can or cannot believe or do based on your own religious beliefs or lack thereof.. It is between a woman, her doctor and her god to make such a personal decision. And by the way, where are all of you "pro lifers" after the child is born? Where is all the concern? Do you help these young mothers, do you reach into your pocketbook and pay taxes to support these children and the programs they will need? Being unwanted will lead to many problems for these children, but by God, you good fundamentalist Christians woudl be the first in line screaming if your taxes went up to pay for these children. I never hear any of you speak about that. Jesus spoke a lot about love, helping the poor and not judging others. But all I hear from fundamentalists is jugement. Judgement and hatred towards unwed mothers, gays and anyone else who doesn't fit their narrow minded version of what a person should be. I still love Jesus, but I don't go the churches anymore. I don't see him there.

since when does a rape victim let herself go into the third trimester with the rapists child inside her? From my understanding there are procedures  for rape victims when they initially go to the hospital and get the rape kit. If it truly is "the womens body" then why is it  the babies heart that stops and not hers? If it's truly "her body" then why would she be arrested for shooting up heroin when it is "her body" that she is affecting? If that's the mentality we should be using then why not have heroin clinics for people to go and shoot up and do other drugs in a controlled environment. Hey,  I know, the government could do a program that let people do the drugs then after maybe they could hand them free samples of the drug of their choice and some condoms for their 13 year old kids while their at it.

Woman claim "it's my body, I can do what I want." Really? Then I'd like to see those who believe this way protest for "a women's right to prostitute herself," or "a women's right to do to drugs." After all, it's your body, right?

I have spent over an hour reading these comments......some laughing so hard.....some nodding my head in agreeement......some just looking at the words not believing i just read that. So I must say.....for all of those that have brought religon into this debate you are as guilty as you want to belive these woman are of murder. you have judged them, thier decisions and thier beliefs. I am not sure what God it is that you belive in, but not the same as most of us. Our God is kind and not a cruel God. It is wonderful that we live in a world where we to get to have our own opinons, our beliefs, and get to discuss them such as this. But never judge anyone for any of thier choices or beliefs. Religon is a backbone to our beliefs for many of us. But to push it on any one else or to judge them in any type of way is not the way that we want our religon to be expressed. that is why relgion has been criticed so badly and taken out of most of the places it needs to be.

A child is conceived. Life begins as the cells multiply. A child begins growing. That body is not the woman's. It is the body of a child. A woman should not have a right to kill a child because it is her "body". It is that child's body. To the father whose child had the bone breaking disease, I understand the necessity of a medical intervention. I really don't consider that "Abortion". Abortion is taking the life of unborn children for selfish reasons. To the ob nurse, I had post partum depression. I felt like I should have not gotten pregnant and that I made a huge mistake. Would I kill my baby, no. I am well now and the mother of a georgeous, brigh girl who is my sunshine. PPD is not a reason for killing an unborn child.

We have to have clear rules to what constitutes a medically needed abortion. Such as the case of the father with the baby whose bones would not stay together. Abortions would be rare and not a convenience, but a necessity only.

Please stop hurting the unborn.