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In reply to the discussion: Does "abortion on demand and without apology" describe your approach to the issue? [View all]Silent3
(15,909 posts)I know it's rare that anyone needs a late term abortion, and far more rare that someone would elect to have a late term abortion for no good medical reason.
Laws, however, are quite often written, and have to be written, to handle exceptional cases. I don't think it is at all giving into a right wing talking point to acknowledge that.
My right wing sister uses the same kind of logic in support of banning all abortions, and not even allowing exceptions for the mother's health. According to her, a woman's life being threatened by pregnancy is so rare that it's "just a liberal talking point to cloud the issue" -- so I guess for her, oversimplifying to allow no abortions is perfectly fine, since bringing up rare cases is a distraction to be hand-waved away.