Why Democrats Struggle To Mobilize A 'Religious Left'

[MineralMan]

81. And yet, people jump off bridges rather frequently.

Some states allow voluntary euthanasia, as well, as a choice for their citizens, under certain circumstances.

The number of third-trimester abortions that take place is very low, and almost always in cases where the fetus will not survive after birth, due to defects. It's very, very rarely done as a contraceptive measure. But, when it is needed, it is needed, for many reasons. Absolutely forbidding such abortions is heartless and stupid. There are a number of fatal conditions a fetus might have that might not be detected until late in the term. Such abortions are heart-wrenching for the woman, and are not done except when truly unavoidable, in almost all cases.

The current religious-right-inspired anti-abortion bills that are passing in red states have nothing to do with that at all. They are about making ANY abortion next to impossible. Some even eliminate rape, incest, and the mother's health as reasons.

A couple of states have actually passed laws that give the biological father the same rights a the woman, and the ability to forbid aborting the fetus. Those laws have not withstood court review, but who knows when that will no longer be the case.

I cannot get pregnant. So, I will never have to make such a decision. Only those who are pregnant can make such a decision. It's not up to me in any way, even if I fathered the fetus, which I have never done in my life.

In my opinion, the government has no business whatever with determining what a pregnant woman can or cannot decide about the fetus she is carrying. Period. Currently, Roe puts some limits on what can be controlled, but some individual states have very relaxed limits regarding late-term abortions.

As a man, it is none of my business, frankly. I do not believe it is any of the government's business, either. As long as the fetus is not born, it is the woman's decision. Period. I have no say in it at all, and neither should a bunch of white men in a state legislature.