| Wednesday, April 18, 2007 |
| Way to Go, SCOTUS! |
Today the Supreme Court upheld the ban on so-called partial birth abortions. Kudos. I'm totally serious.
Just in case anyone missed the point, let's review the facts. A partial birth abortion is rare and takes place in the "mid to late second trimester". Mid-pregnancy (and thus mid-second trimester) is 20 weeks. The second trimester traditionally ends around 28 weeks. In this day and age, a baby is potentially viable outside the womb beginning at 21 weeks. A 28 week gestational age baby is almost certainly viable given the right care. A partial birth abortion therefore amounts to full-blown murder.
The primary reason the law was contested is that it contains no provision for the "health of the mother". Now, wouldn't one assume that if, God forbid, a baby needed to leave the womb in the mid-to-late second trimester, a place could be prepped in the NICU of the best hospital available and everything could be done to save the lives of both mother and baby? Any mother who would desire otherwise is guilty of infanticide. I've been wracking my brain all day to come up with a scenario in which partial birth abortion would even be plausible and I just can't find one. |
posted by Mama K @ 8:37 PM  |
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