Late-Term Abortions

The reader who sent me the meme at left notes: “Abortion is child sacrifice.  Children are blessings, and we must never believe the age‑old lie that their death will somehow secure a better future.”

In the United States, a 9-month pregnant woman cannot simply “decide” to have an elective abortion. While some states have no specific gestational limits on abortion, abortions in the third trimester (which begins around 24–28 weeks) are almost exclusively performed due to severe medical complications, such as a risk to the life of the mother or a fatal fetal anomaly.  A little under 1% of abortions fit into this category.

The Arkansas State Supreme Court has made all abortions illegal, regardless of the circumstances.

So here’s a scenario:

A woman a few days from her due date already has a name for the baby and his room is fully furnished.  But then she receives catastrophic news.  Her doctor informs her that either she or her baby (or both) will not survive delivery.

As a society, we need to decide who gets to make this decision: the woman and her doctor, or the Arkansas State Supreme Court.

People who prefer the latter have something profoundly defective going on.