Madison Underwood was thrilled to learn she was pregnant. But when a rare
defect in the developing foetus threatened her life, she was thrust into post-Roe
chaos.  She was lying on the ultrasound table, nearly 19 weeks pregnant, when
the doctor came in to say her abortion had been cancelled.

What did they mean, they couldn’t do the abortion? Just two weeks earlier, she
and her fiancé had learned her foetus had a condition that would not allow it to
survive outside the womb. It had not formed a skull. Even with surgery, doctors
said, there would be nothing to protect the brain, so it would survive at most
a few hours, if not minutes, after birth. Doctors told her that the foetus’s brain
matter was leaking into the umbilical sac, which could cause sepsis and lead to
critical illness or even death if she tried to carry to term.

She recalled saying;  "They’re just going to let me die?"



https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/us/abortion-journey-crossing-states.html?camp...

Just three days earlier, the SCOTUS had overturned the constitutional right to
abortion. A Tennessee law passed in 2020 that banned abortions at around six
weeks of pregnancy had been blocked by a court order but could go into effect.
Underwood thought that since she had scheduled her abortion before the SCOTUS
decision, and before any state ban took effect, the procedure would be allowed.
Tennessee allows abortion if a woman’s life is in danger, but doctors feared
making those decisions too soon and facing prosecution.

—What a reprehensible scenario!  And what a disgraceful decision, both by her
cowardly doctors in Tennessee, but ultimately by the Supreme Court. Five justices,
all confirmed by senators representing a minority of voters, overturning
Roe v. Wade. Affirming justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch,
Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett.  In particular, the appointments of
Barrett, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch should be made null and void, and the three
replaced by legitimately appointed candidates. 

Trump's appointments were a political farce, and not based on merit.

       

As a woman ... and as a mother to 4 children (one pregnancy involved medical advice to terminate my unborn baby half way through my term (technically referred to as an abortion)... I'm disgusted at any state of any country who would risk a mother's life as described by the 2 ids from Monk's site who posted before me.

Lisa Jones wrote on Aug 11^th, 2022 at 10:00am:


You were in favor of the Us abortion crap, Larry. At least you are starting to see the true evil of those laws.

I think these abortion bans are to ensure poor, colored women are forced to give birth, breaking up the existing families of the women and by costing the women their jobs keep them poor.

Can’t think of another reason for the crap being pulled in the red states.

Women who WANT their pregnancy meanwhile better not have anything go wrong with the pregnancy or fetus because hell awaits them if something does go wrong. 3% of pregnancies end with the waters breaking too early: if before 24 weeks the fetus has no lungs so cannot survive without the amniotic fluid. But now the fetus cannot be aborted until sepsis has set in so far that you would vomit at the smell of the fluid leaking from the uterus.

These laws are from the Devil! (Not that I believe in the devil, just a handy shorthand.)

This monster, after a jail term, if any, will be able to claim parental rights over the child of the rape of the child. Nah, these laws come from the devil, from the deep evil in men.