Another common argument is political pragmatism. Where abortion is illegal, women nonetheless seek to end their pregnancies and will resort to unsafe methods that endanger their own lives: so-called "back-alley" abortions. Since modern medical testing makes it possible to determine early in pregnanacy that a child will be born with severe defects, some abortion rights advocates also argue that requiring such children to be born would be a unecessary burden on society as well as the parents. This, however, raises another contentious moral issue of "selective" abortion, where parents might choose to terminate a pregnancy based on desired traits of the child--such as sex--that can be determined before birth. |
Another common argument is political pragmatism. Where abortion is illegal, women nonetheless seek to end their pregnancies and will resort to unsafe methods that endanger their own lives: so-called "back-alley" abortions. Since modern medical testing makes it possible to determine early in pregnanacy that a child will be born with severe defects, some abortion rights advocates also argue that requiring such children to be born would be a unnecessary burden on society as well as the parents. This, however, raises another contentious moral issue of "selective" abortion, where parents might choose to terminate a pregnancy based on desired traits of the child--such as sex--that can be determined before birth. |
** [Intrauterine Cranial Decompression]?, the expecially controversial "partial-brith" procedure, is a D&E performed late in pregnancy, requiring the surgical decompression of the fetus's head before evacuation. |
** Intrauterine Cranial Decompression, the especially controversial "partial-birth" procedure, is a "D&X" performed late in pregnancy, requiring the surgical decompression of the fetus's head before evacuation. |
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