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In reply to the discussion: Arkansas Senate passes bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks [View all]Warpy
(110,915 posts)1. This is nuts. The structures that interpret nerve impulses as pain
rather than anything else aren't even there until the last few weeks of gestation and there is some evidence that they're not switched on until after birth, since the trauma of being born with fully functioning pain centers would likely send newborns into shock.
This bill ignores science, which is why it should not be signed. Never mind that it extends constitutional protection to something that is incapable of living anywhere but inside someone else's body.
In any case, severe fetal deformity should be there, also. Forcing a woman to endure months of pregnancy followed by childbirth in the full knowledge the fetus will not survive outside her body is cruel beyond belief.
I guess they think women are the ones who can't experience pain.
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Arkansas Senate passes bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks [View all]
The Straight Story
Feb 2013
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Legislators CAN help themselves. Legislators who can not think and act should not be in office.
uppityperson
Feb 2013
#39
Since you replied to a post explaining the radical difference between 20 and 25 weeks, are you playi
uppityperson
Feb 2013
#40
There is way too much focus on a tiny minority of abortions and an attempt to confuse people into
uppityperson
Feb 2013
#48
"I only hope women who don't have medical issues don't wait his long"? Did you read that post?
uppityperson
Feb 2013
#41
I think you are operating under the misconception that late term abortions are because women just
uppityperson
Feb 2013
#46