04-12-2019, 11:11 AM
Anyway, some of the loudest anti-abortion activists and politicians have, for years on end, focused their public statements heavily on late term abortions as if they happen all the time.
It's a very transparent and misleading strategy for the purpose of riling emotions and garnering support to legally restrict women's right to choose.
The truth is that late term abortions are a very small percentage of those performed (even in states where there is no time/trimester/viability restriction on abortion).
In my opinion, the current federal laws are a fair compromise. Federal law forbids states from imposing abortion restrictions up to a certain point. Restrictions can legally be imposed at such time as the fetus is viable (can survive independently outside the womb).
At present, politicians and activists who consider (or present) themselves as absolutist 'right to life' advocates are trying to redefine 'viability' in attempt to restrict women's right to choose and court the religious right politically.
Since a heartbeat can be detected much earlier in a pregnancy than the fetus's ability to survive independently outside of the woman's womb, they're pushing the 'heartbeat' laws as a means to restrict women's right to choose substantially.
It's a very transparent and misleading strategy for the purpose of riling emotions and garnering support to legally restrict women's right to choose.
The truth is that late term abortions are a very small percentage of those performed (even in states where there is no time/trimester/viability restriction on abortion).
In my opinion, the current federal laws are a fair compromise. Federal law forbids states from imposing abortion restrictions up to a certain point. Restrictions can legally be imposed at such time as the fetus is viable (can survive independently outside the womb).
At present, politicians and activists who consider (or present) themselves as absolutist 'right to life' advocates are trying to redefine 'viability' in attempt to restrict women's right to choose and court the religious right politically.
Since a heartbeat can be detected much earlier in a pregnancy than the fetus's ability to survive independently outside of the woman's womb, they're pushing the 'heartbeat' laws as a means to restrict women's right to choose substantially.