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(This post was last modified: 7 hours ago by Oh_hunnihunni.)
(Yesterday, 12:24 PM)king1 Wrote: do full term abortions actually happen in New Zealand?
That would actually seem to be unconscionable in my mind, but given the source material provided I'm rather suspicious of the claim. Surely it would be simpler for everyone and more ethical to go through with the birth and adopt out the baby.
According to my theatre nurse friend, yes, late term interventions do take place but are extremely rare and under the kind of heart breaking circumstances that would bring anyone to tears. The law exists to cover those extreme circumstances, to protect those involved, but these do not take place anywhere near as often as those opposing the law might suggest.
Someone I knew had a pregnancy and neglected to get the kind of routine medical advice most women seek and rely on from the very early days. Tragically the baby was appallingly malformed and she had no option but to go through the pregnancy and a c section with no hope of a viable child. We forget that all pregnancies are risky, even with all the science we have, things go wrong, mothers and babies die or suffer awful outcomes. Our laws have to cover even those to protect those most involved.