• Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah I feel like a lot of people will make a reactionary comment without reading the whole article. Obviously if the mothers life is at risk or the baby just isn’t viable then a late-term abortion is the right move, but 24 weeks is 7 months. Easy for us to say with no baby inside us I guess, but that’s (imo) very late for an ‘I don’t want a baby’ abortion.

    There’s definitely a conversation to be had around whether this girl had suitable access to healthcare, to secure termination earlier. I guess only she and her mother know the answer to that. Women should have a right to choose if they’re going to have a baby, afaik from the article the cutoff was 20 weeks at the time of the offence, any women reading this… is it likely to be 17 in today’s world and not realise you’re pregnant for 7 months?

    • Triasha-she/her@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      What’s the problem with 28 weeks?

      Yes, it’s clear that there must be a cutoff date. Personally, I like the biblical standard: baby’s first breath.