cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1874605

A 17-year-old from Nebraska and her mother are facing criminal charges including performing an illegal abortion and concealing a dead body after police obtained the pair’s private chat history from Facebook, court documents published by Motherboard show.

  • No one is saying they’re “mindless incubators”, but “I want to fit in my jeans again” isn’t an “emergency” and doesn’t give them the right to take drugs to abort a baby that could survive out in the world at its age.

    Just so we’re on the same page here - you feel that a woman should be able to abort a 39 week old baby?

    • Just so we’re on the same page here - you feel that a woman should be able to abort a 39 week old baby?

      I support abortion in all circumstances. The rights of the woman supersede that of the fetus, period.

      And yes, when you infringe on a person’s right to abortion, you are relegating them to the status of a mindless incubator rather than a person. I find that much more uncomfortable than aborting an unwanted fetus.