Word: huntly
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...what about cases of rape and incest, where there is overwhelming public support for allowing abortion as an option? Here the lawmakers admit that they carved out a little gray area. Hunt notes that the bill forbids doctors from prescribing any drug or doing any procedure on a pregnant woman ?with the specific intent? of ending a pregnancy. It also protects the right of women to use ? a contraceptive measure, drug or chemical, if it is administered prior to the time when a pregnancy could be determined through conventional medical testing...
...other words, a woman presenting herself to an emergency room immediately after a rape, Hunt says, would be able to use emergency contraception; the trick is that she has to do within the first few days after the assault, before any test can determine whether she was pregnant in the first place. The lawmakers concluded that it?s OK for a rape victim to have an abortion, so long as she doesn?t know for certain that she?s doing...
...have an exemption for all rape victims, including the ones who are too shattered to report an assault right away? Hunt calls it ?a fine line that we?re walking, but some of this is just to show that we?re being fair and reasonable. In cases where we cannot determine if there?s an unborn child or not, we?re trying to be sympathetic to a woman who alleges she?s been raped.? But the sympathy expires after about a week. ?Very honestly,? Hunt adds, ?We don?t want to have a lot of abortion clinics questioning a woman...
...overall goal in South Dakota, Hunt argues, is to rebalance the scales. ?You have two human beings here. In the United States, where we value life, we?re big fans of the underdog, perhaps the life of an unborn child is more critical and more important than a woman making a choice. It?s a balancing act, I admit. But when you put the proper weights on the scale, it will favor protecting the life of unborn children...
...only punish the doctors? I asked, curious about how far the purity goes. If this is a crime, isn?t a woman who seeks an abortion at least a willing accomplice? Because, Hunt says, once more citing the findings of the task force, ?she may be dealing with a lot of pressure, from family, boyfriend, husband. We have a situation in which the woman may be getting so much pressure she?s not thinking clearly.? The doctor, on the other hand, ?should be operating in a calm and collected manner, have identified all the risks to the woman...