tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post6796947064182771559..comments2023-12-27T23:42:45.680-05:00Comments on The Abortioneers: I'm prochoice but...placenta sandwichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729355361057625131noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post-2686659629217069002010-06-02T13:52:11.944-04:002010-06-02T13:52:11.944-04:00NotGuilty - "In most parts of Canada, women c...NotGuilty - "In most parts of Canada, women can walk into a clinic, present their government healthcare card and get their abortion. Easy peesy." Truer than in the US, at least, but we've heard a number of stories of women who couldn't get an appointment in their province (or couldn't get an appointment early enough, in some cases), then had to come up with money for travel and lodging, and that's what delayed them. Or sometimes the nearest clinic was in the US and then their provincial insurance couldn't cover it. Etc. <br /><br />L. - I'd suggest that even if you're talking with a close friend, the most helpful way to listen is usually to ask what SHE wants to do. Like you said, ability to empathize is not the key - ability to love is the key. The vast majority of women seeking second-trimester abortions did NOT just "change their minds halfway through pregnancy," but even if your friend did, why use guilt-type words to persuade her into a situation that she may already feel would be more difficult and heartbreaking? (i.e., either unhappily childrearing or unhappily going through an adoption. They're not mutually exclusive!)placenta sandwichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729355361057625131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post-22095074976468880942010-05-27T10:54:44.248-04:002010-05-27T10:54:44.248-04:00This post makes me glad I'm not a medical prof...This post makes me glad I'm not a medical professional, because I think I would have a hard time being objective.<br /><br />I am pro-choice, pro-abortion rights. Abortion should be legal, and up to the woman. For me, it's about the LAW -- like free speech. I don't agree with what the neo-Nazis have to say, but I defend their right to say it. <br /><br />I can sympathize with late-term abortions for medical problems, and for general confused life problems, but I don't understand why a woman more than halfway through a healthy pregnancy can simply change her mind. But I know my devout Catholic friends simply don't understand why I say I would abort a healthy pregnancy if I were raped, so I know that lack of empathy is meaningless.<br /><br />I'm not a professional counselor, so I wouldn't have to be objective if a pregnant friend ever asked me for advice about an elective late-term abortion. I think I would say, it's your body, but you gestated this other developing potential person for so many months that it could probably live outside you now -- why not give it a shot at life, since you've come this far, and a less risky early abortion is no longer an option for you, anyway?<br /><br />Being pro-choice, for me, means keeping abortion legal -- it doesn't mean I have to agree with every choice another person makes. And sometimes, I am going to shake my head and disagree.L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13437332749627332216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6387757235421993128.post-19405890870424732062010-05-26T08:20:41.507-04:002010-05-26T08:20:41.507-04:00I would personally suspect in the U.S. that it is ...I would personally suspect in the U.S. that it is a money issue or an inability to meet all the ridiculous criteria for getting an abortion. In most parts of Canada, women can walk into a clinic, present their government healthcare card and get their abortion. Easy peesy. Women in Canada do not wait until the fetus is viable because there are no roadblocks that make an early abortion difficult to get. In Canada, late-term abortions are generally limited to non-viable fetuses and danger to the mother's life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com