• TechyDad@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They pretend to support hypothetical exceptions to abortion bans, which for the most part do not apply in actual reality.

    I’m glad they pointed this out. Many Republican abortion bans will say they don’t apply if the women’s life is at risk, but they word it so vaguely, raise the penalties so high, and put the doctor’s freedom in the hands of a jury to determine if the woman was “dying enough.” The result is that women aren’t given life saving abortions until they are actively dying.

    Even if the fetus has such severe abnormalities that there’s zero chance of a “baby” at the end of the pregnancy, the woman will be told that she needs to risk her life and carry it to term because “pro life.”

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      1 year ago

      Yup, or if you look at rape exemptions it’s the same. The victim is required to identify their rapist with harsh penalties for a false identification.

      Particularly terrible when you think of the position this puts a child in with their family members. Further, those laws often require victims to submit to a rape screening, something that’s hard to pull off given how underreported rape is.

      And of course if there’s any question the legal system will prevent an abortion forcing a birth. You can’t wind back time and cases taking a year or more to resolve are extremely common.