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

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114. You completely miss the point on Gosnell

His actions are only half of the story.

The fact that he made millions of dollars, performing illegal abortions is instructive.

Who would go into his filthy lair?

A woman less than 24 weeks pregnant, and able to get a legal abortion in PA? - Nope, she could go to a legal clinic.

A woman over 24 weeks, but with a non-viable fetus, and still able to get a legal abortion? - Nope, could still go to a legal clinic.

So who were his customers? Women late in their term, who elected to get an abortion, with no compelling medical reason.

And there were alot of them....lots and lots of customers....which contradicts the ascertion that late term abortions are so rare, that laws are not needed and essentially amount to a violation of privacy.

I believe the babies who were alive outside the womb and had scissors shoved through their necks deserved protection by the state. In fact the state has an obligation to protect them. Moreover, I believe the ones who didn't survive, and were technically dead upon delivery deserved the same protections. This is where you and I differ - you seem to have alot of indignation over Gosnell's post delivery murders...but reserve none for when he kills similarly developed babies before they make it out of the birth canal. And Gosnell is not some isolated case, as evidenced by his large customer base. Gosnell is only an indicator - the large customer base is the most instructive part of his story.

So, once again, I will proudly state I am ok with a 20 week limit. And, I will proudly state that a 39 week fetus has every much of a right to live, as any other person. You obviously don't agree, and don't seem to fathom at all how extreme this seems, even to many on DU. And, as others on this thread have mentioned, that inflexibility will ultimately result in the other side's success in limiting your choices in the future.