Speaking as someone who has helped deliver many babies and been an active part of several c-sections as part of his profession this is blatantly false. If a fetus is delivered prior to expected delivery date during the 3rd trimester then labor was induced or an emergency c-section was performed because of a potentially lethal risk to mother, a fatal defect in the fetus, or both.
Just a few emergencies requiring c-section aka abortion:
-Sometimes the umbilical cord can start to strangulate a fetus requiring an emergent c-section or immediate labor induction.
-Sometimes the placenta can detach from the uterine wall causing massive hemorrhaging again requiring an emergent c-section aka abortion.
-Sometimes an infection can spiral out of control.
-Sometimes a fatal physical flaw is discovered late in the fetus
A c-section is the medical procedure that terminates pregnancy in the 3rd trimester. An abortion terminates pregnancy. A c-section is an abortion. There are countless ways in which a pregnancy can go catastrophically wrong resulting in the need for rapid abortion or loss of life will happen.
Sometimes a baby is delivered as a result of the c-section, sometimes a fetus dies during the actual process and sometimes a nonviable fetus is removed. To make abortion (aka 3rd trimester c-sections) illegal is to place the mother's and potential child's lives at risk.
During my college days there was a group of "pro-life" conservatives that traveled around harassing students with horrific pictures of supposed "3rd trimester abortions." In actuality, these pictures were the results of life-saving c-sections that had to be performed.
Did the above emergencies matter to the photographer or the religious zealots that used them as propaganda? No, the pictures were taken illegally, (violating patient privacy) and mislabeled as "3rd trimester elective abortions." That's a truly vile act performed by the zealots because these aren't elective, they're emergent. The women that undergo these procedures have now been carrying their prospective child for many months now and that is now all lost. It's an extremely traumatic experience for everyone involved, but of course especially the mother, and requires a lengthy healing process. In most cases they never even had a choice. To prolong that loss by prohibiting abortion is an action of cruelty fueled by ignorance and zealotry.
Let's think critically for a moment, how many women do you really think would willingly progress through the profound physiological changes associated with a pregnancy and the attachment to her prospective child all the way towards a nebulous, but certain, delivery date only to flippantly change her mind as the process is finally, finally reaching conclusion?
Does that really sound plausible to you?
Do you really think that to be a frequent occurrence?
Do you really think an ob-gyn would unquestioningly accept her profound change in desired outcome without a therapist being on hand to help sort through whatever she may be feeling at the time?
Nobody is "killing babies in the 3rd trimester," let alone being allowed to vote on the issue. It's highly charged emotional rhetoric used to dupe people that for whatever reason can't see through the dishonesty. To repeat their message is to promote harmful behavior.
Please listen to medical professionals and not politicians when dealing with medical problems. Be it abortion, covid, vaccination, whatever. There can be no compromise with irrational, dishonest behavior.
To believe otherwise, is dangerously naive.
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