General Texas bans abortion at approximately 6 weeks

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Texas governor signs 'heartbeat' abortion ban into law | CNN Politics

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed into law a so-called "heartbeat ban" abortion bill -- barring most abortions at the onset of a fetal heartbeat, which can occur as early as six weeks into pregnancy and before many people know they are pregnant.
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Heartbeat=abortion illegal
No exceptions made for rape or incest either.

To be clear this law is intended to be challenged by the writers. The intent of this law is to force the supreme Court to wade into the abortion issue with a hope to undo Roe v Wade. Ongoing efforts in multiple other states mirror this strategy.
 
Not to be crude - but do bigger girls even know they are pregnant at 6 weeks?
 
Hauler said:
Not to be crude - but do bigger girls even know they are pregnant at 6 weeks?
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I have a buddy who has a step sister that is large and in charge, I don't believe she knew she was preggers until like 6 months or something insane like that.
 
Hauler said:
Not to be crude - but do bigger girls even know they are pregnant at 6 weeks?
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I rarely see a woman in my clinic for a proof of pregnancy before 6 weeks.
Any woman that has a history of irregular periods would not know they're pregnant at 6 weeks usually
 
Splinty said:
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Texas governor signs 'heartbeat' abortion ban into law | CNN Politics

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed into law a so-called "heartbeat ban" abortion bill -- barring most abortions at the onset of a fetal heartbeat, which can occur as early as six weeks into pregnancy and before many people know they are pregnant.
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Heartbeat=abortion illegal
No exceptions made for rape or incest either.

To be clear this law is intended to be challenged by the writers. The intent of this law is to force the supreme Court to wade into the abortion issue with a hope to undo Roe v Wade. Ongoing efforts in multiple other states mirror this strategy.
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Kind of a cruel play if you ask me.
I'm not for killing babies, but I think like most things there should be exceptions in the cases of incest, rape, or where the mothers health is at risk and the baby is not viable.
 
Splinty said:
I rarely see a woman in my clinic for a proof of pregnancy before 6 weeks.
Any woman that has a history of irregular periods would not know their pregnant at 6 weeks usually
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Sort of what I was thinking.
6 weeks feels like a pretty early cut off.

Aren't there like 1 million abortions in the US every year? I'm sure the opponents of abortion have their hearts in the right place, but what are the unintended consequences of adding 1 million unwanted children to the population every year?
 
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Hauler said:
Sort of what I was thinking.
6 weeks feels like a pretty early cut off.

Aren't there like 1 million abortions in the US every year? I'm sure the opponents of abortion have their hearts in the right place, but what are the unintended consequences of adding 1 million unwanted children every year?
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I don't think it quite works out to that. This is one topic I think Elizabeth Warren actually spoke well about. There will be some children, but women with enough $$ will still get safe abortions; they will just travel to where they're legal. Women without money will seek unsafe black market abortions, and some will get sick or die (like in Dirty Dancing except most people don't have Jerry Orbach to save them). That's why she sees abortion laws as actually targeting certain groups. Some might commit suicide or attempt to injure themselves to cause the abortion.

Perhaps a pharmaceutical company will develop a new pill that doesn't need to be taken the morning after, idk the status of that. Did you see the Katie Porter thing? Maybe they will start spending more on R+D now.
 
nuraknu said:
I don't think it quite works out to that. This is one topic I think Elizabeth Warren actually spoke well about. There will be some children, but women with enough $$ will still get safe abortions; they will just travel to where they're legal. Women without money will seek unsafe black market abortions, and some will get sick or die (like in Dirty Dancing except most people don't have Jerry Orbach to save them). That's why she sees abortion laws as actually targeting certain groups. Some might commit suicide or attempt to injure themselves to cause the abortion.

Perhaps a pharmaceutical company will develop a new pill that doesn't need to be taken the morning after, idk the status of that. Did you see the Katie Porter thing? Maybe they will start spending more on R+D now.
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Good points. I can't believe I'm agreeing with something Liz Warren said. Haha. Although I don't know that it's "targetting" certain groups, but I can see what she means about it being disproportionately impactful on different classes of society.

I didn't hear anything regarding Katie Porter.
 
ThatOneDude said:
Kind of a cruel play if you ask me.
I'm not for killing babies, but I think like most things there should be exceptions in the cases of incest, rape, or where the mothers health is at risk and the baby is not viable.
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According to the article:

It makes exceptions "if a physician believes a medical emergency exists," but not for instances of rape or incest, citing that "public and private agencies provide ... emergency contraception for victims of rape or incest."
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That's not an endorsement of the legislation, I have many different opinions on abortion that would likely seem hypocritical, but this is being framed by some people dishonestly.

Interestingly, this isn't the first legislation of it's kind to pop up over the last couple years, this is however the first time it isn't being attributed to the president...
 
JorgeMasvidalsBeard said:
According to the article:



That's not an endorsement of the legislation, I have many different opinions on abortion that would likely seem hypocritical, but this is being framed by some people dishonestly.

Interestingly, this isn't the first legislation of it's kind to pop up over the last couple years, this is however the first time it isn't being attributed to the president...
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I have a sneaking suspicion we may feel similarly but for somewhat different reasons.
 
JorgeMasvidalsBeard said:
According to the article:



That's not an endorsement of the legislation, I have many different opinions on abortion that would likely seem hypocritical, but this is being framed by some people dishonestly.

Interestingly, this isn't the first legislation of it's kind to pop up over the last couple years, this is however the first time it isn't being attributed to the president...
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I don't think every victim of rape or incest has access to those agencies in time to take emergency contraception. Also haven't they been trying to cut funding to those agencies like planned parenthood? Aside from the possibility of people being trapped with their abuser or not being able to speak up about it right away, Texas used to have a large medically underserved population. @Splinty would know the real situation these days.

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Hauler said:
Not to be crude - but do bigger girls even know they are pregnant at 6 weeks?
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An older extended extended family member thought she was just going through menopause and didn't realize she was pregnant for 6 months. She big doe.
 
nuraknu said:
Texas used to have a large medically underserved population. @
Splinty
@Splinty would know the real situation these days.
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One of the highest uninsured and underinsured rates in the country
 
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