In event it pass you by , yesterday was the 46th day of remembrance ofRoe v. Wade . You cognise , the watershed Supreme Court ruling that build women ’s legal rights to abortion .
Almost half a century on and , depressingly , it feel as relevant today as it did in 1973 . While the majority of Americans arein favorof the ruling , women ’s reproductive rights arestill under attack . Here are just a few of the mode :
In 2016 , the US elected apro - life administrationwho are doing their darndest to limitfederal fundingto system offering pregnancy termination . The vice - president has openly tell that abortion could end"in our time " , while states includingTexasandMississippiare attempt to decease laws restricting a woman ’s access to abortion services . Even the House tried to passa billthat would have diminished a woman ’s right wing to an abortion – and used fake scientific discipline as justification .
Across the Atlantic , in Ireland , the"Repeal the 8th " campaignmay have been successful , but women are still reportedly beingrefused abortion . Meanwhile , north of the edge , woman ’s rights activists have resorted to using Wall - E like robots tosmuggle abortion pillsinto Northern Ireland , where it is still illegal . This is reliable even in cases of fatal fetal mental defectiveness , violation , and incest .
But at least in New York , legislator are doing their best to protect women ’s reproductive right , and to mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade , theReproductive Health Act ( RHA)was signed into law . Before yesterday , the urban center ’s abortion legislative act provide miscarriage at any time during pregnancy provided the womanhood ’s life was at risk . The unexampled act stretch out that right to pillow slip of foetal non - viability or when the cleaning lady ’s health is under threat .
Not everyone is happy about the situation . Anti - abortionists ( or pro - lifer , if you prefer ) are calling the practice"inhumane " – and so Californian gynecologist Jennifer Gunter has ill-treat in to get the fact square .
Gunter , for the record , has been practise obstetrics and gynecology since the nineties . She also writes about sexual activity , skill , and social metier . ( For more of her musings , you may clickhere . ) But more to the power point , she has had a caboodle of experience performing previous - term abortions ( aka abortions after 24 weeks of maternity ) .
twirp to her 114 K followers , Gunter says she lives and work in a state with no gestational age demarcation line but adds that she has never performed a late - term abortion for a reason that is not health - related .
As she points out on herwebsite , the women having late - term abortions are not " ladies who just bury their 8 - week abortion who are now struggling to fit into their trouser . "
In fact , other than one case ( which involved violation and incest , by the way ) , she can not name one single fourth dimension where there was n’t a health issue .
She then list some real - lifespan model of when a late - terminus abortion has been medically necessary .
( Anencephalyis a severe fetal defect , which involves the baby being comport without component of the skull and nous . )
She goes on to say that if you are n’t an expert , you have no credibility to discuss the procedure .
And even a doctor who describe herself as " pro - life " is on instrument panel .
For the full thread , clickhere .
[ H / T : Bored Panda ]
