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MichaelTDoyle
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What are America’s laws to kill the not yet born?
What restrictions are in place? How late can it be?
What restrictions are in place? How late can it be?
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cthulhubryan
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America currently allows any woman to get an abortion provided she is of majority and has standing to do so (ie not declared mentally unable to fend for herself or in some states not in state foster care in a voluntary extended commitment)What are America’s laws to kill the not yet born?
What restrictions are in place? How late can it be?
The only restrictions are the ability to be able to do so and to requirement notification if under 18.
In some states there are limits on abortion during the last trimester particularly during the 8th month and on. Some states also require notification of the father of the child especially when the mother is married.
Now if the FOCA (Freedom of Choice Act, also know as Fry Our Children Alive) is passed it will do away with most or all notification requirements and ease the restrictions on minors getting abortions.
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Viki63
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I’m not sure about all states but at least in Washington, and I believe in all others, you don’t have to be an adult to get an abortion. Parental notification is not required.
In otherwords, my 12 year old daughter, who has to have me sign for her ears to be pierced, can go to the school nurse, who can take her for an abortion and never notify me. This can be done at any time up to and including during the birth process (partial birth abortion.)
Parents find out when they get the bill from Planned Parenthood, I suppose.
That’s why there has recently been a big stink, PP was performing abortions on minors who were victims of incest, not reporting it, thereby abetting the rapists.
In otherwords, my 12 year old daughter, who has to have me sign for her ears to be pierced, can go to the school nurse, who can take her for an abortion and never notify me. This can be done at any time up to and including during the birth process (partial birth abortion.)
Parents find out when they get the bill from Planned Parenthood, I suppose.
That’s why there has recently been a big stink, PP was performing abortions on minors who were victims of incest, not reporting it, thereby abetting the rapists.
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Viki63
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I have to correct myself. I looked it up and found this information:
“In some states, parental permission is required before a girl under age 18 can have an abortion (however, sometimes a judge can excuse you from this law in a process called “Judicial Bypass”). In some states there may be a 24 hour waiting period from the time you speak to a counselor in a clinic or doctor’s office, until the time of the procedure.
There is no question that women’s fundamental freedoms are at a critical juncture in 2006.”
Those would be the fundamental freedoms to kill your baby if you feel like it.
Dear OP,
if you know anyone who is considering an abortion, I hope you will advise her to talk it over with a priest or minister. What people don’t realize is that any more people are affected by an abortion than onlly the mother. I still mourn the death by abortion of my only grandchild.
“In some states, parental permission is required before a girl under age 18 can have an abortion (however, sometimes a judge can excuse you from this law in a process called “Judicial Bypass”). In some states there may be a 24 hour waiting period from the time you speak to a counselor in a clinic or doctor’s office, until the time of the procedure.
There is no question that women’s fundamental freedoms are at a critical juncture in 2006.”
Those would be the fundamental freedoms to kill your baby if you feel like it.
Dear OP,
if you know anyone who is considering an abortion, I hope you will advise her to talk it over with a priest or minister. What people don’t realize is that any more people are affected by an abortion than onlly the mother. I still mourn the death by abortion of my only grandchild.
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puzzleannie
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there are no restrictions on abortion at any time during the pregnancy for any reason, we even have failed to pass a ban on partial birth abortion. States currently may pass laws to regulate clinics, hospitals and abortion providers, and to protect rights of health care workers to decline to participate in such procedures on moral grounds, but not all states have such laws. States may pass laws that define the fetus as a legal person, but not every state has done so, and in no state that has such a definition has it been used successfully to deny the mother’s decision to abort. There is currently a federal law in place which prohibits taxpayer funding of abortion both domestically and through funding UN and other international aid agencies. Some states may have laws that require parental consent before a minor obtains an abortion, or which prohibit transport of a minor across states lines for that purpose, but not all those laws have been upheld in court.What are America’s laws to kill the not yet born?
What restrictions are in place? How late can it be?
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MichaelTDoyle
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No, I don’t know anyone contemplating that. Everytime I defend my position on being pro-life I get disbelief when the subject of late term abortion comes up. People don’t really think about this.
Thank you for the responses.
Thank you for the responses.
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a_cermak
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Illinois’ post-viability restriction provides that no abortion may be performed after viability unless necessary to preserve the woman’s life or health. The physician must use the available abortion method most likely to preserve the life and health of the fetus, and a second physician must attend.
IL also has a parental (or other adult) notification law, but the rules have not been formally promulgated yet (from 1995?) to determine what the rules are and how judicial bypass is to work.
IL also has a law requiring the notification of the spouse of a married woman if he is the father. However, the IL supremes have found that one unconstitutional so it is unenforceable.
So it is by and large a matter of states laws. And just looking at state laws on the book won’t help because some state laws are unconstitutional.
IL also has a parental (or other adult) notification law, but the rules have not been formally promulgated yet (from 1995?) to determine what the rules are and how judicial bypass is to work.
IL also has a law requiring the notification of the spouse of a married woman if he is the father. However, the IL supremes have found that one unconstitutional so it is unenforceable.
So it is by and large a matter of states laws. And just looking at state laws on the book won’t help because some state laws are unconstitutional.
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TMC
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36 of the 50 states have a gestational limit of some kind. Most are defined as viability, others are 24 weeks or third trimester.
Here is a summary of abortion laws by state:
guttmacher.org/statecenter/spibs/spib_OAL.pdf
Note that Guttmacher is a pro-choice, pro-contraception organization, so keep that in mind, but they are not a bad source for this kind of factual compilation.
Here is a summary of abortion laws by state:
guttmacher.org/statecenter/spibs/spib_OAL.pdf
Note that Guttmacher is a pro-choice, pro-contraception organization, so keep that in mind, but they are not a bad source for this kind of factual compilation.
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