Word: fetuses
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...Finally, the value of protecting a fetus from possible pain will in practice be balanced against the cost to the woman. A great many abortion providers would probably not be trained, equipped or insured to provide the kind of anesthesia the law gives women to right to demand. While it may reduce a fetus' pain, it also increases the woman's risk. Some women who might not be able to afford the added cost would be left only with the added guilt...
...image, watch a heart beat, are much less likely to go through with an abortion. More than 20 years ago, the video The Silent Scream helped to shift the public focus from the horror stories of women who had suffered back-alley abortions to the horror movie of a fetus undergoing...
...comes together: Brownback and Congressman Chris Smith argue for a woman's right to understand the experience of the fetus. Their bill would require abortion providers to tell patients that by 20 weeks after fertilization a fetus can feel pain, and to ask if she would like anesthesia for the baby. If she refuses, she would have to sign a waiver. Doctors who fail to follow the rules could face fines up to $250,000. "There is substantial evidence that by this point, unborn children draw away from surgical instruments in a manner which in an infant or an adult...
...sides of the abortion wars argue over state laws requiring doctors to warn of a heightened risk of breast cancer linked to abortion, despite something like a medical consensus that this link has not been proven. In this case there is dispute among researchers about when a fetus's nervous system and brain are mature enough to allow for pain, with some saying this occurs around 26 weeks, not the 20 weeks the bill stipulates. (An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggested pain was unlikely before 29 weeks; but the bill's defenders pointed out that...
...rape victims. As an aside, it bears noting that the proportion of abortions attributed to rape and incest in the U.S. hovers between one and two percent, depending on the study. But more importantly, their claim elides the primary concern of HRL’s campaign, namely the fetus, as well as the campaign’s demand for greater resources to assist young mothers. Pro-choice activists who summarily condemn their opponents as anti-women evince no more honesty or nuance than anti-abortion activists who condemn their opponents as anti-baby. There can be no progress on this...