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Originally Posted by This_person  So, if the woman has the baby, and then ignores it, and takes zero care of it, what do we call that? (and, the father, too, takes no care of it)
How is that different from four days prior? There's an implied care of the baby that is willingly (maybe not by desire, but willingly) placed in the woman's body. Anything less, IMHO, is just inhumane. |
See this is where my personal opinions conflict with my beliefs of maternal rights taking precedence over fetal rights.
Again this is my personal opinion and do not believe that laws should be based on it.
Once you have a viable fetus (currently ~23 weeks) you have had plenty of time to make a decision to have an elective abortion. The problem is for every law that intending to protect a viable healthy fetus and a healthy mother you are now making it harder for a woman who needs the abortion for medical reasons to get it as she now has to prove to the courts that it is needed. Who is determining when it is ok? How is this going to be determined? If she has cancer and MAY survive long enough? Some people do not think this is a good enough reason for an abortion. What if that is the opinion of the judge making that decision? Shouldn't this be the indiviual familes decision?