These abortion laws were written by conservative men with no medical background.
Beyond disturbing. Truly vile.
They’re also written by conservative women with no medical background or even a passing interest in their own biology.
I have things to say about this particular circumstance. You see, I was one of those women who was supposed to have found out at 20 weeks that my child wouldn’t make it. By all means, I should have. Most pregnancies with ARPKD don’t make it passed the twenty week mark. But my ultrasound was fine at 20 weeks, and my son’s ARPKD didn’t rear its ugly head until the 36 week mark. I had to have an emergency c section, my son was on life support, and we had to make the decision to take him off. If I had known at 20 weeks what the outcome would be, would I have chosen an abortion? Yes. Am I grateful that I did get to see my son and hold his hand and tell him I love him? Yes. But my son was in pain. Excruciating pain. And forcing a parent to choose to take their child off life support is a horrible situation. It caused irreparable damage to myself, my son’s father, our marriage, and to our daughter. That trauma will never go away. So fucking let parents who are in a situation where the pregnancy will not be viable choose for themselves. They have to live with that trauma. You don’t.
