re: My wife and I had an abortion. AMA

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Caring for those that are the product of unwanted pregnancies after birth should be just as much "pro life" as discussions about abortion.

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But they aren't cared for.
Never have been.
Never will be.
Not during pregnancy.
Not after birth.
These states do nothing to even prevent unwanted pregnancies. No sex ed in schools and abstinence only education leads to more pregnancies, not less.

These states that have banned abortion have inserted themselves into the process by saying states have a vested interest in a pregnancy being carried to viability then to birth. However, most will do nothing to help the mother of that unwanted pregnancy have a healthy gestation, nor will the state do much to make the newly born baby have a healthy life. Most these children in which the state now has a self appointed vested interest are now grist for the judicial/prison industrial complex.

Had the fetus in the OP been carried to term, it would have caused irreparable emotional and financial harm to the family (and financial burden to the state as well). Had the parent been a poor family or poor single mother, the catastrophic defect would likely have never been found, ensuing in a traumatic birth and millions of dollars in NICU care and beyond--all charged to the state.

(Unrelated to this thread, but related to the topic, I'm pretty sure that if abortion were only legal for minorities and non-white immigrants, the jagoffs behind the "pro-life" movement would have found something else to whinge about for the last 40 years)

Give life a chance because it is precious and a blessing.

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If you represent what being Christ like is like, I understand why so many are so sour in religion. Your Jesus sounds like a condescending dick

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Explain

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If by chance the fetus makes it to term and is delivered, the baby can be made DNR and institute comfort measures.

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Don't forget the hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars in unnecessary medical bills.

Congrats on the murder. Do you ever sit up and night and wonder where your child could be today had you given them a chance?

My wife told me we needed $800 to go get some test that determines if the fetus has Down Syndrome. I said "why do we need to know?" "Are we going to abort the baby if we find out it had a problem?" She said "no". So I said "then why do we need a test to find out?"

My point was, if it's God's will, then who am I to say I know better?

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if it's God's will

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Then why not expand access to actual birth control.

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What else do you want? Someone to come to your house everyday to make sure the pill is taken?

It’s never been so readily available like it is now.

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It’s never been so readily available like it is now.

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Red states are actively working to reduce many forms of birth control while also reducing access.

Many lawsuits are in the courts that want to allow Bible thumping pharmacists to refuse filling BC prescriptions; many insurance companies do not want to cover it either.

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Red states are actively working to reduce many forms of birth control while also reducing access.

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As of now, most of these measures have been struck down. Most of it deals with government funded birth control anyway.