C_Clayton_Jones
Diamond Member
I was under the impression that any abortion past the first trimester was done only when the life of the mother or child was in jeopardy. It seems I was correct. Even then it is the mother's choice. If the baby has a good chance of survival, she can opt to save the baby instead of herself. My daughter had a "C" section delivery at 26 weeks due to health problems and the baby "Mike" lived. He is a fighter and still doesn't know how to quit. The woman that shared her hospital room had the same process performed to save her baby at 27 weeks and the baby died. Both mothers were OK. The other woman has given birth to a healthy baby since then but my daughter can't have any more children without risking her own life and that of the baby. She has adopted two children since then and foster parents as well.
Granted neither of these were abortions but one had the same result. Only the mother will suffer the consequences so she must be the one to make the decision. No one else is capable of making the decision for her.
I think proponents of the bill feel as if they are assisting the fetus to have a choice. I don't see anywhere anything that indicates that they would put the mothers life at risk in doing so.
If that was their intent, then that makes no sense. An embryo or fetus is incapable of making a choice. And such legislation would be clearly un-Constitutional. See: Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). The defeat of the measure likely saved the taxpayers of Texas money wasted defending the law in Federal court, only to have it invalidated.