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Originally Posted by arista
Yes, others are saying they want to post pills
that can terminate a child
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Early stage abortions are actually very straightforward and can (in actual first world countries) be as simple as going to a pharmacy.
The morals become much less clear as you progress through 2nd trimester and they are extremely murky once you get to the third trimester. I personally am against "no questions asked" abortions after 24 weeks - but even that doesn't mean completely anti-abortion, just at that stage there should ideally be clearer medical reasons or other circumstances in making the decision, some reason they couldn't access services earlier, or it be clear that the woman didn't know she was pregnant until a later stage than usual (unusual, but it happens).
But 1st trimester abortions should barely even be a moral debate let alone outlawed. 1st trimester miscarriages are
extremely common and in fact so common that often they're not even identified as a miscarriage and no ones ever knows it even happened.
To look at it another way; we have sadly experienced two early miscarriages. Yes, it's a little sad to think about, but to suggest that it's even vaguely comparable to people who have experienced a stillbirth or a neonatal death is flat-out offensive. It's not the same thing as the death of a baby. Instinctually, we all know that.