Reply #40: Several cases of well before 24 weeks have been linked to

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in this thread. As medical technology improves, those cases may well become more frequent.

My only point, as a pro-choice Democrat, is that if we want to win the hearts and minds of our neighbors, we have to stop treating the pro-lifers like they're all completely irrational and stupid. Many of them are ignorant. Many others have reasons for what they believe.

As someone who was once raped and ended up pregnant from it (thank God, I miscarried) you will never hear me argue that choice should be taken away. I believe that the mother's life and health take priority.

But pretending that the end of the second trimester is some magic point is just disingenous. Treating pro-lifers like they're all extremist wackos is just wrong and, more importantly, counterproductive to the goal of getting Democrats elected.