the VAST majority of late-term abortions are for exactly these reasons. you were horrified by your own ignorant assumptions, and that’s on you.

No way, Roger Sterling offered to take Joan to an appointment for an abortion when she might have wanted one, and then kept offering up his support (financial and otherwise) when she eventually had his kid.

I’m sorry that was the situation you were in. But I agree that this should not be a situation where you also need to weigh your very personal decision (had it not been decided for you by nature) against some dude who thinks every sperm is sacred.

Don’t forget about the costs involved in keeping these little “miracles” alive and properly cared for if they do survive beyond the first few weeks on months. I have friends whose daughter was born with a major genetic disorder. She is a very lovable child, and they think the world of her, but her hospital bills for…

there’s a clause in there about “perinatal hospice care”, which basically means giving the baby pain medication and taking the baby home to wait for it to die. Which some people may choose to do, but it absolutely should not be something that patients are pressured, guilted, or forced to do.

As a Viking, I am deeply offended by this measure. My religion states that I must place my aborted fetus on a ship, set it afire, and watch as it sails off to the Night Lands to join its ancestors. The law says nothing about the boat, so it’s clearly discriminatory.