tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post7825967883863687609..comments2023-08-14T16:35:49.756+01:00Comments on Cruella-blog: Women's Rights Under Attack EverywhereCruellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-80414921070342510022008-05-03T15:59:00.000+01:002008-05-03T15:59:00.000+01:00Fetal abnormalities and health risks to mother and...Fetal abnormalities and health risks to mother and fetus are actually not at stake here - they're covered by a different law in the UK.<BR/><BR/>Late term abortions are few and far between. Common reasons are:<BR/><BR/>1) Women who don't realise they're pregnant earlier. Due to being very young, menopausal or using contraceptives properly and, as happens in some pregnancies, experiencing few pregnancy symptoms.<BR/><BR/>2) Victims of rape, sexual abuse and difficult family circumstances who have realised they're pregnant earlier but gone into denial about it.<BR/><BR/>3) Women whose situation has changed, such as a relationship ending or domestic violence starting. Pregnancy is one of the most likely times in a woman's life for her to experience domestic violence.<BR/><BR/>4) Delays in providing an abortion. One in ten GPs in the UK "conscientiously objects" to provision of abortion services. In theory they should refer to someone who will provide, but many put up obstacles to doing so. Service providers often are over-booked and for those who cannot afford to pay privately for their terminations can end up becoming a late-term abortion despite requesting a termination much earlier.Cruellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03446805038957924958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-45900989867694153702008-05-03T13:15:00.000+01:002008-05-03T13:15:00.000+01:00Reading something (probably the Curvature) recentl...Reading something (probably the Curvature) recently - Cara made a point in discussing 'late' abortions and a legal case in Kansas (some bunch of Christians fundies want to access the medical records of over 2,000 women who had late-term terminations for who know s what inane reason). She pointed out that nearly all of those women would quite likely have initially desired to carry the fetus to full term and give birth to a happy, healthy baby. However, the fetues may have had fatal complications and no quality of life. Cara was far more succinct.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the thing about late-term abortions is that banning them will hurt women how initially wanted their child far more than the mythic hordes of irresponsible young girls who use abortion as contraception.<BR/><BR/><A>http://thecurvature.com/2008/04/08/whats-at-risk-in-kansas/</A>Depressohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06904252765633510411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8248707.post-14180402046956427372008-04-27T01:59:00.000+01:002008-04-27T01:59:00.000+01:00Oh Oklahoma! Yes - it's a catastrophe on this sid...Oh Oklahoma! Yes - it's a catastrophe on this side of the Atlantic. Many of us are holding our breathes so hard we are turning blue - desperately hoping that when the Clinton/Obama slugfest is over we can still get a democrat into the White House - if not Roe v. Wade very well may fall. This is a genuine nightmare brewing. Many feminist issues are waning over here but non more so than reproductive rights. <BR/><BR/>Sorry to learn the UK is similarly struggling.VWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01875869221696200724noreply@blogger.com