There is a well-worn path that some politicians like to take.
They like to claim that Democrats want there to be abortion all the way to birth AND AFTER.
Yeah, these yokels want to hypnotize people, who may not be as educated as everyone else, into believing that some doctors and nurses are out there killing the newly born.
That is murder.
Completely different than what really goes on in late-term abortions.
To understand, we first have to define.
A pregnancy is divided into portions of three months. These are trimesters. First trimester (conception to 12 weeks), second trimester (13-27 weeks), third trimester (28-birth).
Conception is when the ova (woman’s egg) is fertilized by a spermatoza (sperm).
This is also when the cells start dividing and dividing and dividing.
At any part during the cell division or even the translation of the genes of the two parts that make up conception, there can be errors.
These errors result in birth defects.
Late-term abortion has been erroneously compared to being in the third trimester.
But let’s run some numbers. According to the CDC data, 91% of abortions take place in the first trimester. That is up to 12 weeks. Second-trimester abortions account for 7.7 percent. This can be for a variety of reasons.
It goes without saying these reasons are between a woman and her doctor.
It really isn’t anybody’s business.
Late-term is what medical people refer to as near birth. Later term abortion as defined by medical people account for 1.2% of abortions.
And it is always performed for a horrific reason.
Most often because the fetus has incompatible with life abnormalities.
A later term abortion is done with care and compassion for the fetus and the mother.
It is often done to prevent suffering of the fetus or mother and to preserve fertility of the mother.
This kind of care, and I’ve been in those surgeries, is always done with gravity and compassion to both parties.
And compassion for the surgeon and the surgical team as well.
And there is a debrief for the medical people after. If they want or need it.
A later term abortion is often an act of compassion for the fetus and the mother.
It is NOT murder.
It is not making the mother carry a doomed fetus to their death or to term.
That is the brutality and cruelty of the anti-abortion side. Those who doom these children that were not meant to live in the world and their makers to never-ending sadness and despair that they are not doing the best for the very often much wanted child.
Words matter.
I would rather be compassionate than brutal or cruel.
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