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Media Ignore Why Women Need Access To Abortion After 20 Weeks
Many Serious Health Conditions For Mother And Fetus Are Only Discovered In 20th Week Of Pregnancy
American College Of Obstetricians And Gynecologists: Optimal Time When Obstetric Ultrasound Detects Major Malformations Is Between 18 And 20 Weeks. According to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the "optimal time for an obstetric ultrasound examination is between 18 to 20 weeks of gestation because anatomically complex organs, such as the fetal heart and brain, can be imaged with sufficient clarity to allow detection of many major malformations." [American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Clinical Policy Bulletin, accessed 7/12/13]
Chief Of Pediatric Cardiology, University Of Massachusetts Medical School: Scans Around Week 20 "Are Critical For Uncovering Major Birth Defects." The chief of pediatric cardiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School who specializes in high-risk pregnancies explained in a Slate article the serious medical complications 20-week scans can reveal, including severe brain malformations of the fetus and missing organs:
Why do some women wait so long? The answer is that comprehensive fetal testing, such as anatomical sonograms and ultrasounds of the heart, are typically performed just before 20 weeks of gestation. Such scans are critical for uncovering major birth defects, such as anencephaly (severe brain malformations), major heart defects, missing organs and limbs, and other severe birth defects. Fetal development is a complex process that often goes awry. Roughly 2 percent of all pregnancies are complicated by a major birth defect, and of those about 0.5 percent have a chromosomal defect, such as an extra or missing segment of normal DNA. Birth defects are a leading cause of infant mortality, and in many cases of severe birth defects, no medical treatment can salvage a fetus's life or result in any measure of normal future health. [Slate, 7/11/13]
ACOG: "By The Time A Diagnosis Is Confirmed ... The Pregnancy Has Often Progressed Beyond 20 Weeks." ACOG explained in an amicus brief opposing a ban on abortions after 20 weeks in Arizona that while some dangerous conditions affecting the fetus can be detected earlier than week 20, "[b]y the time a diagnosis is confirmed by a specialist capable of diagnosing these anomalies, the pregnancy has often progressed beyond 20 weeks." [American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 9/11/12]
ACOG: Delaying Abortions In Non-Fatal Health Crises Can Put The "Patient's Health In Serious Jeopardy." According to ACOG, delaying abortions in cases when mothers experience health complications that are not fatal at or past week 20, including heart conditions, cancer, lupus, and diabetes, can put the "patient's health in serious jeopardy" and "compromise the physician's ethical duty to the patient." [American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 9/11/12]
Not All 20-Week Bans Include Exceptions For These Health Risks
Huffington Post: 20-Week Abortion Ban Passed In The U.S. House Contains No Exceptions For Fetal Abnormalities Or Health Of The Mother. H.R. 1797, also known as "The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act," was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in June and prohibits abortions after 20 weeks. The bill is unlikely to make it past the Senate, and contains no exception for fetal abnormalities or health of the mother, meaning that a woman who discovers in the 20th week of pregnancy that she or her fetus experienced a damaging condition would still be forced to carry the pregnancy to term:
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, authored by Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), bans abortions after 20 weeks, based on the medically disputed theory that fetuses can feel pain at that point. It contains exceptions for women whose lives are in danger as well as some rape and incest victims who can prove that they reported their assaults to criminal authorities, but it contains no exceptions for severe fetal anomalies or situations in which the woman's health is threatened by her pregnancy. [Huffington Post, 6/18/13]
Slate: 20-Week Abortion Ban Passed In Texas Does Not Contain Exceptions For All Severe Conditions.The chief of pediatric cardiology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School explained in an article in Slate that the newly passed 20-week abortion ban in Texas does provide an exception for fetuses with severe anomalies, but only if they are "incompatible with life outside the womb," a definition which does not include defects that might result in significant pain for the fetus or long-term vegetative states:
For example, defects resulting in long-term vegetative states (e.g. holoprosencephaly), severe bodily deformities requiring repeated high-risk and painful procedures with an extremely low chance of success (massive congenital diaphragmatic hernias), genetic abnormalities causing death and severe disability but with a tiny chance of longer life (Patau syndrome) could theoretically not be "incompatible with life." [Slate, 7/11/13]
Financial Hardship Forces Many Women To Delay Procedures
Guttmacher Ins ute: Seven In 10 Women Wanted To Have An Abortion Earlier, But Many Delay Because They Cannot Afford The Procedure. Guttmacher Ins ute research found that of those who had second-trimester abortions, "Seven in 10 women would have preferred to have their abortion earlier. Many women experience delays because they need time to raise the money." The research also noted that most women pay out of pocket for their abortion. [Guttmacher Ins ute, accessed 7/1/13]
American Journal Of Public Health: "Studies Continue To Demonstrate That Lack Of Financial Support For Abortion Results In Delays." Writing in the American Journal of Public Health, Bonnie Scott Jones of the Center for Reproductive Rights and Dr. Tracy A. Weitz of the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health found that lack of financial support can cause women to delay their abortions later and later:
Women with limited financial resources can find themselves in an vicious cycle: by the time they have secured the money for an abortion performed at one gestational limit, their pregnancy has advanced into the next. Studies continue to demonstrate that lack of financial support for abortion results in delays that push the procedure into the second trimester. [American Journal of Public Health, April 2009, via National Center for Biotechnology Information]
Guttmacher Ins ute: Women Forgo Paying For Rent And Food In Order To Afford Abortions.Guttmacher Ins ute research found that 42 percent of women having abortions have income levels below the federal poverty line, and women have reported having "to borrow money from friends & family and forgo paying rent, groceries & utilities to pay for their procedure." In 2008, the average cost of a first-trimester abortion was $470. [Guttmacher Ins ute, accessed 7/1/13]
http://mediamatters.org/research/201...bortion/194901
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Texas Legislators File Radical ‘Fetal Heartbeat’ Bill To Ban Abortion After Just Six Weeks
On Thursday, three Texas Republicans filed a measure that would criminalize abortion services after a fetal heartbeat can be detected — which typically occurs around six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even know they’re pregnant.
The Texas legislature is currently in the midst of a special session that was convened specifically to give lawmakers more time to consider abortion restrictions. The session will end on July 31. Until then, GOP lawmakers have been busy proposing a slew of anti-abortion bills in the hopes of being able to rush them through.
One of those bills, a measure to ban abortion after 20 weeks and shut down the majority of the states’ abortion clinics, has captured national attention over the past several weeks as thousands of Texans have rallied at the capitol in protest. The legislature gave final approval to that bill on Saturday, and Gov. Rick Perry (R) just signed it into law on Thursday morning. But that’s not enough to satisfy Reps. Phil King (R), Dan Flynn (R), and Geanie Morrison (R) — who filed HB 59 on the same day that Perry signed the controversial abortion restrictions.
So-called “heartbeat” bills are so radical that they divide the anti-choice community. In addition to criminalizing the vast majority of abortions, they also mandate invasive ultrasound procedures for women seeking abortions. In order to detect a fetal heartbeat so early in a pregnancy, doctors typically have to use a transvaginal probe.
Earlier this year, North Dakota became the first state to pass a six-week heartbeat ban. It currently represents the most stringent abortion ban the country has seen since Roe v. Wade first legalized the procedure, and it’s being challenged in court for overstepping Roe.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/07/18/2326191/texas-heartbeat-bill/?mobile=nc
Fetus Toys Slipped Into Kids' Candy Bags at North Dakota State Fair
In a particularly creepy ploy, anti-choicers slipped squishy fetus toys into children's candy bags during a parade a North Dakota State Fair. The doll, called "The Precious One" is manufactured by Heritage House, a pro-life store, and retails for $1.50 apiece, less if you buy them in bulk, which apparently the pro-lifers did, since there were lots of five and six year olds running around squeezing, throwing and playing with their squeezable fetus toys afterwards.
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-pol...tter873485&t=5
You Stay Classy, Assholes
It's a life and only the man who created it has the right to make decisions on it,
troll
They are really missing their target market
Holy . They should put treble hooks on them and sell them at Academy. I can see the fishing shows now...
Holy cow Bubba! Whadja catch that big ol Black Bass with?
Sheeut JoeBob! There's this hot new bait from Heritage Hawg Gettas that's deadly on them big ol black bass...I just pitched this little Heritage Fetus right over dere by dat stump and BAM! Game on!
And you think it works on Bass...you should see how it works on CATFISH! You know how them s like to eat fried catfish, right? *nudge*
Well it works the other way around too! Then Catfish LOVES them some little baby from Heritage Hawg Gettas! Run down to academy AND GETCHA SOME!
Last edited by CosmicCowboy; 07-24-2013 at 05:49 PM.
Meanwhile, TXDot funding is about to fail again in the 2nd Special Session. Perry may have to call a third.
How much more money would we have for roads if we didn't have to spend it on our facially uncons utional abortion laws when they go to court?
Be that as it may, I'm not a huge fan of contemporary TxDot.
I should be more specific in that this bill isn't just funding TxDot but rather funding transportation in Texas.
I heard, on NPR?, why TX legislature can't meet every year.
VERY OLD story, and Good Old Boy tradition from 19th century trumps 21st Century practicality.
The current cons ution took effect on February 15, 1876. Duh.
iow, 19th century
Why can't Ricky Bobby get the roads fixed in Collin County on 75? I'd rather have highway 75 fixed in Collin County than about dead babies.
iow Good Old Boy non sequitur.
TBhis non-post, yet again!
The First State That Tried To Defund Planned Parenthood Is Officially Giving Up
But those efforts have been largely unsuccessful. Multiple courts have determined that states aren’t allowed to discriminate against qualified Medicaid providers simply because of their stance on abortion rights, saying that low-income women deserve the freedom to choose their own doctors.
Indiana’s own law was temporarily blocked by a U.S. District Judge last year, and a federal appeals court decided to uphold that injunction. Indiana officials kept fighting, asking the highest court in the country to hear their appeal of the case — but the U.S. Supreme Court declined to do so in May. Now, the state of Indiana is agreeing to permanently end its failed legal crusade against Planned Parenthood.
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013...enthood-fails/
http://www.salon.com/2013/07/31/fami...tions_in_2010/Publicly funded family planning services, the kind currently being gutted by state lawmakers across the country, saved the government $10.5 billion and helped women prevent 2.2 million unplanned pregnancies and 760,000 abortions in 2010, according to a new study released by the Guttmacher Ins ute.
To break it down even further, taxpayers saved $5.68 for every dollar the government spent on contraceptive services that year.
Health centers that received some funding through the federal le X program, which Republicans have also been working diligently to axe in the name of austerity, served 4.7 million women in 2010, helping to prevent 1.2 million unintended pregnancies, which would have resulted in an estimated 590,000 unplanned births and 400,000 abortions.
“Each year, millions of women are able to access highly effective contraceptive methods through these programs,” said Jennifer Frost, a senior researcher for Guttmacher. “Investing in family planning to help women avoid pregnancies they don’t want and for which they are unprepared is good public health policy. Saving money as a result of that investment is just common sense.”
Repugs, bubbas, right-wingers don't need no facts or numbers, they got their ignorant, stupid, sociopathic, -the-47% ideology.
I don't know how they were censored, I do remember seeing a couple of those in print.
I'm unfamiliar with the censorship angle as well; it's imaginable that some newspapers refused to run them.
Most likely local censorship then. Got it.
My 15 year old daughter had a very logical response when reading an abortion debate.
Her: When do we consider someone dead?
Answer: When their brain shows no activity (as I understand it).
Her: Then when brain activity starts aren't they alive?
It would seem the answer to one ought to be the answer to the other, at least in her simplistic mind.
Fix the roads in Texas.
Yeah, well, one day she'll realize that one instance requires a host to grow the fetus while under the other instance the person is fully autonomous. That's why there's nothing simplistic about abortion.
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