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

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93. No

The law clearly allows for termination of a fetus with a low survival chance. This scenario has nothing to do with this discussion, as the law makes no changes in that area.

As far as the tax return comment goes - do you even understand why you get an exemption? It has nothing to do with the personhood of the child any more than a mortgage deduction relies on a house being human.

As far as why women get late term abortions go...a minority of them get them for very bad reasons. And that's what laws are for - to prevent the few bad apples from causing harm. I'm going to poitn you in the same direction I pointed someone else:

Kermit Gosnell: http://articles.philly.com/2011-01-20/news/27038788_1_grand-jury-abortion-clinic-patient-areas

He absolutely gave very late term abortions. This is not urban legend or internet rumor - its in the grand jury report.

Here are some quotes from the report:

"Kermit Gosnell had a surefire way of dealing with the unwelcome complication of a live birth: He'd allegedly plunge scissors into the squirming newborn's neck, killing it by severing the spinal cord."

"One premature infant wiggled around on a counter for 20 minutes before an untrained worker slit his neck - after first playing with him."

"Semiconscious, moaning women sat in dirty recliners and on bloodstained blankets. The air reeked of urine from the flea-infested cats permitted to roam the clinic. There was blood on the floor and cat feces on the stairs"

" Fetal remains filled bags, milk jugs, orange-juice cartons and even cat-food containers; some were stored in a refrigerator where staffers chilled their lunches"

"Gosnell joked that the aborted baby was so big he could "walk me to the bus stop""

"Gosnell and his staffers induced labor, which resulted in "scores" of live births that led to the gruesome "snippings" of their spinal cords,"

So...ummm, yep., it does happen. There are evil people in this world, and evil things do happen. I don't think its outrageous to have laws against evil behaviour, even if some don't believe it happens. The cutoff in Philadelphia was 24 weeks...the ONLY reason people would go to this guy was if they wanted an elective abortion (for non medical reasons) after 24 weeks....and he made MILLIONS