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Democratic Party to Women: Your Rights Are Less Important Than Winning Elections

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Vicious Babushka7/31/2017 11:13:38 am PDT

I used to be very “pro-life” but even then I believed that abortion should always be allowed to save a woman’f life, or in case of rape or incest.

But after thinking about it, why should a rape victim have to be slut-shamed by providing all kinds of documentation proving that she was “legitimately” raped and therefore “deserving” of having an abortion?

I was also convinced that modern medicine could guarantee that the “life of the mother” could be spared without removing the fetus.

Then Savita Halappanavar died because her doctors were afraid to break the law.

Her life COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED but because of Ireland’s medieval abortion laws, her life wasn’t “in danger” until her condition had deteriorated to the point that she could no longer survive. A condition like pre-eclampsia can deteriorate in hours, but the legal system takes days, even weeks to get an override for prosecution for fetal murder.

“Saving a woman’s life” even if it includes removing the fetus BEFORE she enters an immediate life-threatening condition is a decision that should be made by THE PATIENT & MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS ONLY not by lawmakers.

Having special “exceptions” for rape, incest, and “life of the mother” is NOT PRO-LIFE.