Georgia Governor Approves Ban On Abortions After 20 Weeks With No Exception For Rape Or Incest

[lacrew]

91. You are appalled because you are not reading what I am saying

Look at the post you replied to in your post 37. I think it was silly to leave out the exclusions, and somewhere on this thread, I have actually used your same language about 'case by case' basis. Don't be appalled - WE AGREE ON THAT POINT. (Now we agree for different reasons - I think the odds are extremely low that there would be more than zero people a year raped, impregnanted, and unable to determine they were pregnant and opt for an abortion in the first 20 weeks...so the whole thing is moot....but it doesn't matter, we both agree those exceptions should have been included).

Bringing dead fetuses to term? This law does have an exception for dead fetuses, or even fetuses with a low chance of survival....so that is not a problem with this law at all. It is not in this discussion.

So what is the law about? Protecting perfectly viable feteses from 20-40 weeks (an adjustment from the previous protections of 26-40 weeks). Is the protection warranted?

There are 17,000 post 20th week abortions every year (less than 2% of all abortions).

There are 17,000 dui fatalities every year...and we certainly have plenty of laws against that.

It doesn't seem unreasonable to me to offer the fetus some protection, some litmus test that it is not viable, some degree of regulation. We are talking about walking fine ethical lines...are we supposed to assume that all abortion providing doctors are 100% ethical and without need of regulation, yet demand regulation of all other professional groups? I'm ok with the state putting a line in the sand, and requiring a bit of paperwork, before a doctor makes an important decision like this. Merely telling the state to butt out (in any endeavour) rarely has a good outcome.