Imagine you’re 20 wks pregnant when your fetus is diagnosed with a lethal condition. But no one tells you that—at least, not explicitly.
Your doctor is mandated by law to tell you the condition is “potentially life-limiting,” and that your non-viable pregnancy is “pre-viable.”
Your doctor is mandated by law to tell you the condition is “potentially life-limiting,” and that your non-viable pregnancy is “pre-viable.”
Before the diagnosis, you were even discouraged from getting prenatal testing at all, and your doctor was required to read from a script exaggerating the chances for false positives.
Still, you’re able to read between the lines; you understand you will never be bringing a baby home. So you tell your doctor that you’d like an abortion, which is legal in cases of fatal abnormalities.
There's a problem, though.
There's a problem, though.
Your state has a mandatory waiting period—even in cases of doomed pregnancies—because medical “experts” convinced legislators that women who get devastating news don’t have executive decision-making abilities for at least 72 hours.
If you still want an abortion you’ll have to meet with a “prenatal diagnosis counselor" (not a mental health expert) trained to say that having an abortion is far more traumatic than carrying to term.
Even if that means having a c-section or an hours-long vaginal delivery
Even if that means having a c-section or an hours-long vaginal delivery
As you grieve for the pregnancy that you planned for, this volunteer will tell you—without proof or expertise—that your baby could end up being fine.
And that even if they’re not, watching your child die in your arms will bring you “closure.”
And that even if they’re not, watching your child die in your arms will bring you “closure.”
Finally, the hospital informs you that if you go through with the birth, they’ll provide you with therapy, financial help and remembrances like ultrasound pictures and a teddy bear with your baby’s name embroidered on it.
You’ll get no such mementos if you end the pregnancy.
You’ll get no such mementos if you end the pregnancy.
If you want to get an abortion, you’re on your own. In fact, you’ll have to sign a form saying that you understand there’s a chance your baby could survive but you’re having an abortion anyway.
This nightmare scenario—this cruelty and manipulation directed at people during the most vulnerable moment of their lives—is the anti-abortion movement’s next big project.
It's well-funded, organized, and happening right under our noses. Find out more at Abortion, Every Day
It's well-funded, organized, and happening right under our noses. Find out more at Abortion, Every Day
Btw, if you're wondering why I don't include a link to the piece: El*n M*sk has a beef with my newsletter publisher so anytime I tweet a link to it, the algorithm buries my thread. 🙃
So please go to the website to read—it's in the pic in the tweet above & and in my bio
So please go to the website to read—it's in the pic in the tweet above & and in my bio
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