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LisaL

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15. Presumably only because it's the most common.

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Thu Dec 14, 2017, 06:33 PM

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Ohio passes law barring abortion over Down syndrome diagnosis [View all] marybourg Dec 2017 OP

Ok so they are willing to pay the medical costs treestar Dec 2017 #1

I hope the ACLU decides to pursue litigation ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #2

Patently unconstitutional. Kasich and the rest of the COLGATE4 Dec 2017 #3

So the state is providing the medical funds necessary to provide any additional care needed... Freethinker65 Dec 2017 #4

And rich and middle class women will just go to another state and the poor will be ... Botany Dec 2017 #5

I assume they're simultaneously passing a bill promising 100% financial support, including full ecstatic Dec 2017 #6

Not just the financial support...but the care BoneyardDem Dec 2017 #29

Downs Syndrome people are many times colonized together in groups. It's all very tragic. The_Casual_Observer Dec 2017 #7

And the law makes no sense. LisaL Dec 2017 #10

Most likely this is the most often clinical reason cited for abortion. The whole thing is so The_Casual_Observer Dec 2017 #14

Presumably only because it's the most common. LisaL Dec 2017 #15

To the citizens of Ohio: You don't know what you're capable of gratuitous Dec 2017 #8

How can they single out a single condition for "protection" The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #9

And what is the logic behind being able to abort a normally developing fetus and not being able LisaL Dec 2017 #11

This point alone will sink the law. nt marybourg Dec 2017 #13

This is what their cult-like base was asking for; marybourg Dec 2017 #12

It is not about rational basis Maeve Dec 2017 #16

They would be glad to add the other congenital conditions. Ilsa Dec 2017 #20

I'm conflicted about this mythology Dec 2017 #17

That's why it's called pro-choice. LisaL Dec 2017 #18

That's what pro-choice means. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #22

But it's "abhorrent" to terminate such a pregnancy. Mariana Dec 2017 #34

Wife worked in a sheltered workshop..son was prenatally tested left and right dembotoz Dec 2017 #25

Friend works with developmentally disabled adults Freddie Dec 2017 #37

they see the realtiy and it sucks dembotoz Dec 2017 #45

And yet to others it seems to be the right thing to do . Families should be allowed choice . lunasun Dec 2017 #26

This will hurt the poor FreeState Dec 2017 #19

So Democrats should get a vote on another section added to the law .... SFnomad Dec 2017 #39

We have a much smaller population of people with Down's Syndrome now because CTyankee Dec 2017 #21

I've seen this first hand with the Catholics. They are treated like heroes at first. Then later on The_Casual_Observer Dec 2017 #24

Yes, I really felt sad for them. And yet, for many they thought their child with Down's CTyankee Dec 2017 #28

Curious, did they actually admit that they were angry ecstatic Dec 2017 #31

no. It came out in sudden expressions of utter disdain for those who abort. CTyankee Dec 2017 #44

So what happens when those fetuses are born to women or families who have absolutely no smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #23

They don't care. Not thier problem, they just care about making the rules. lunasun Dec 2017 #27

AND they want to get rid of pre-existing condition protections. ecstatic Dec 2017 #32

Just another wedge to hammer into rights of women. There's a woman in my neighborhood ... Hekate Dec 2017 #30

And a bus ticket to Chicago or Pittsburgh costs how much? jmowreader Dec 2017 #33

Pennsylvania has a mandatory counseling and 24-hour waiting period. uppityperson Dec 2017 #35

This makes an abortion a three or four day proposition jmowreader Dec 2017 #40

Except for chipping away at Roe v Wade and women's autonomy, this makes no sense. uppityperson Dec 2017 #36

You figured it out quick jmowreader Dec 2017 #41

with no funding for md needs or therapy. fuck fetus humpers. pansypoo53219 Dec 2017 #38

Iceland has almost no babies born with Down's Syndrome nadine_mn Dec 2017 #42

Down Syndrome occurs on a spectrum Nonhlanhla Dec 2017 #43