How late should we be able to terminate?

[CplFerro]

Please see poll for details.

 

[Agatha]

No option for the time between 12 and 24 weeks?

 

[CplFerro]

No option for the time between 12 and 24 weeks?

You'd like to choose 13.5, I gather?

Cpl Ferro

 

[Loss Leader]

My choice - 24 weeks - only holds if there is no greater than normal risk to the mother of continuing the pregnancy and the fetus is healthy.

 

[Agatha]

If I were to give my opinion on a cut-off point, it would be after 12 weeks (with the caveat that most abortions should be performed before that time) but prior to 24 weeks, and with exceptions for gross abnormalities. I don't think it's a question that can have an absolutely strict answer unless one's opinion is that it is always wrong.

For example, I have a couple of friends who have been trying for a child for many years, and the woman is now pregnant after IVF. Tests have shown that the foetus has a chromosomal abnormality, and they are almost at 12 weeks and are finding their decision to be an almost impossible one to take and not one which they feel they can rush.

 

[Thunder]

I voted for "3 years after birth".

why? because if they can't clean their own poo, they got no right to live.

 

[KingMerv00]

Whoops. Wrong button. Subtract 1 from "36 weeks" and add 1 to "24 weeks".

 

[bookitty]

Where's the "up to x weeks but really, it's none of my business." button?

 

[Skeptical Greg]

No option for ' never ' ?





Waaaaaaaaaait !

Terminate what ?

 

[Emet]

Where's the "up to x weeks but really, it's none of my business." button?

I'd prefer the "it's up to the patient and physician to decide" button myself.

But that's just me.

 

[Rufo]

We're able to terminate just fine long after it can run faster. That's what crossbows are for.

 

[bookitty]

I'd prefer the "it's up to the patient and physician to decide" button myself.

But that's just me.

Ah, that's the one I was looking for.

 

[A Laughing Baby]

I'm severely disappointed that there isn't a "several decades in the past, while wearing sunglasses" option.

 

[fetchbeer]

Until it's been given a name.

 

[Tiktaalik]

How about, "until it's actually born, whenever that might be"?

 

[Varanid]

What about a poll for how long antibiotics should be prescribed for?
We all have just as valid an opinion in that matter.

 

[I Ratant]

Some people need to "terminated" long after the 3rd trimester... After 30 of them or more!

 

[Xephyr]

I agree.

We should be able to terminate all 911 Truther threads 12 weeks after gestation.

 

[Travis]

I see no reason to prohibit terminations anywhere along the pregnancy.

 

[theprestige]

We're able to terminate just fine long after it can run faster. That's what crossbows are for.

... faster than a bullet.