Ah, yes, but I did say that I myself would do so if my own meds were to cause a kid to be in such a drastic state of health that they would not survive long or would have horrible nasty health problems. Yes, I did specify due to the meds I'm currently on now, but if it comes down to it, if the kid is going to be born in very bad shape and will likely die early due to said defects, then it's better to terminate it at that stage.
Life/health of the mother/child is something I will never fight someone on having an abortion for.
But there are actually some women out there, who because they either didn't do something about it soon enough or couldn't afford to do it soon enough, will try to have a non-health related abortion later in the pregnancy. And that, I cannot in good conscience support.
I know people who've had late-term abortions, yes. And in every case, it was because the health of the mother was at stake. If a choice must be made between the life of the mother and the life of the fetus, then I have always been firmly on the side of giving the mother her life. The woman can survive without the child, but the child's likelihood of survival without the mother is another question.
I do not envy the choices some women have had to make in late term, either due to their own health or the health of the child, it is a horrible experience to have to go through. If it is because of health reasons, I will never even think of standing in the way. But if it is because "I don't want to", I have an objection to it.
As I said, if it was a choice between "allow them all" and "don't allow them at all", I'll go for the choice of allowing all of them... but I won't like the ones that are later term.
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Life/health of the mother/child is something I will never fight someone on having an abortion for.
But there are actually some women out there, who because they either didn't do something about it soon enough or couldn't afford to do it soon enough, will try to have a non-health related abortion later in the pregnancy. And that, I cannot in good conscience support.
I know people who've had late-term abortions, yes. And in every case, it was because the health of the mother was at stake. If a choice must be made between the life of the mother and the life of the fetus, then I have always been firmly on the side of giving the mother her life. The woman can survive without the child, but the child's likelihood of survival without the mother is another question.
I do not envy the choices some women have had to make in late term, either due to their own health or the health of the child, it is a horrible experience to have to go through. If it is because of health reasons, I will never even think of standing in the way. But if it is because "I don't want to", I have an objection to it.
As I said, if it was a choice between "allow them all" and "don't allow them at all", I'll go for the choice of allowing all of them... but I won't like the ones that are later term.