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  Is it reasonable to force a woman to carry a fetus for 9 months if there are grave medical issues? My friend just had to have one at 20+ weeks because the baby didn’t have a formed brain and would not live after birth. It was a heart wrenching decision because the child was very much wanted and planned. The right never considers the terrible horrible birth defects that found later in a pregnancy. And the right views the left as lazy classless heathens choosing to end healthy pregnancies just because. There are 2 major issues within the issue and I think the answer should be decided by a doctor if a fetus will not live or have a horrible painful existence. No one wants to look at the medical side, so many woman will have to carry these non viable corpses that are usually screened out. That’s why woman on the left scream that there should never be a limit.
context: Good job SC! >
  
  Don't be too quick to cheer for us. Our house of representatives was only a couple votes short of passing a "not abortions, no excuses, even if the mother dies" ban. I'm sure they'll be working on a way to get around this. >
  
  Jesus Christ. That’s not even pretending to be “pro life” >
  
  On the flip side, the people who are that extreme may be a blessing in disguise as they're also the ones voting against 6 week bans or rape exceptions as being "too lenient" >
  
  
  “The U.S. Supreme Court, through their Dobbs decision this summer, handed the issue of abortion back to state legislatures. (...)
  
  Mmmm no, they didn't.
  What it actually says is (emphasis added):
  
  The Court overrules those decisions and returns that authority to the people and their elected representatives
  
  The South Carolina state constitution was written by "the people and their elected representatives", and the justices of the state supreme court were elected by "their elected representatives", the state legislature.
  Suddenly none of that matters because it's inconvenient.
  
  “Today’s decision fails to respect the concept of separation of powers and strips the people of this state from having a say in a decision that was meant to reflect their voices. (...)"
  
  This is one branch of state government exercising their assigned power under the state constitution, issuing an opinion in a case brought under that state constitution.
  Whining about "separation of powers" being violated is absurd.
  
  Instead, South Carolina is left with a decision that is not reflective of our state’s political process or will.”
  
  Absurd, the state legislature is the one who elected those justices in the first place, they weren't flown in and imposed on you by some external force.
  This is why Republicans are not serious people worth listening to. >
  
  I a pro choice voter and Democrat believe any 6 wk to be unreasonable, cruel and a while Host of other things. However, I can for the most part agree that 20 weeks absent danger to the mother or non viability outside of the womb of the fetus due to severe anomalies is reasonable. >
  
  Once the baby is viable, you don’t get an abortion. Other than that, it’s the woman’s body she does what she wants.  There is no reasonable limit other than that.