**Warning: this does mention stories of rape and these are my opinions (i’m pro-choice). **
ALSO PLEASE REMEMBER TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE AND THEIR OPINIONS EVEN IF YOU DONT AGREE WIT THEM.
So if you haven’t heard about the recent controversy concerning the near bans on abortion in places like Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky, Alabama, Missouri and Ohio then let me talk about them. Recently many southern states have voted for near total bans on abortion, for example in Alabama abortion is illegal with no exceptions for rape or incest and only if the woman’s life was in danger. Trigger warning! in Ohio there was an 11 year old girl who was raped by a 26 year old man and got pregnant thanks to these laws this 11 year old girl will have to carry out her pregnancy, because in Ohio you are not allowed to have an abortion after six weeks (which is often when women first find out they are pregnant) and also the laws in Ohio prevent you from traveling outside of the country to get an abortion is illegal and you would be charged with murder. Down below i’m going to give you a list of the laws in each particular state. Also keep in mind that these laws have no been passed yet so people are still allowed in those countries to have abortions. (I’m not quite sure in the case of the 11 year old girl though).
Alabama: must have an abortion unless there are fatal anomalies to the fetus and it will not be able to survive outside of the womb. There no exceptions for rape or incest. Preforming an abortion could result from 10 to life in prison. If a woman were to miscarry she would have to be interrogated to see if she was having an abortion. Women however are exempt from criminal and civil liability for having an abortion.
Missouri Can not have an abortion even in the case of rape or incest. There is an exception if the woman or child’s life is in danger and doctors will face up to 15 years in prison for preforming after the 8 week time period. A woman is exempt from being criminally liable (she isn’t going to get jail time) for having an abortion.
Ohio, Kentucky and Mississippi: abortions are banned once their is a fetal heartbeat (which can start as early as six weeks) there is an exception if there are medical issues involved or again if the mother/child’s life is in danger, but often no exceptions for rape or incest.
Georgia: abortions banned once there is a fetal heartbeat, there is an exception if there are medical issues involved in the mother or babies life causing them to die but often no exceptions for rape and incest, if a woman was to miscarry she would be put into interrogation to see if someone gave her an abortion. She would not be criminalized
(North Carolina, West Virginia and Tennessee are all considering these laws as well)
(NCCAPTIOL)
(Some of this was found from the New York Times, i just don’t have the link, i’m really sorry about that)
What is Abortion?
The official definition for abortion (at least according to Mariam Webster Dictionary): the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the [embryo]
There are multiple types of abortions these include:
Suction abortions and D&E (Dilation and Evactuation). I would visit Planned Parenthood or click on this link to look into them more: What happens during an abortion? (Planned Parenthood)
Obviously fee free to do more research and if you want me to clear anything else up please let me know. I would avoid looking at opinionated websites or Wikipedia and avoiding politicians and looking at websites like Planned Parenthood or ones that or more scientific.
So what do YOU think about the abortion bans are you pro-choice or pro-life? Etc
Other articles that might be interesting/important; Buzzfeed , New York Times , Slate , ThinkProgress