eagleye13 wrote:
The SILENCE is deafening: Not a single Democrat speaks out against infanticide
The left is quick to appeal to people’s emotions by making a big deal out of children being separated from their parents at the border, but it’s hard to believe they really care about young lives given their radio silence on infanticide.
Take a look at the new law that just went into effect in New York wherein a child can be aborted all the way up until their due date, or even during birth! New York Democrats were seen cheering in the state senate’s chambers when it passed while the rest of us wondered exactly how society has gotten to this heartless place.
The outrageous legislation, which was signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo, even allows non-physicians to carry out abortions, making it even easier for babies to be killed – despite the fact that health professionals say third-term abortions are never truly necessary and that children should just be delivered at that point. The Reproductive Health Act would allow abortions for reasons extending beyond health to age, emotional, social and economic factors.
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Long article, a few of the pertinent points...
https://www.syracuse.com/expo/news/g66l-2019/01/7a5d56a87eac4/historic-ny-abortion-vote-how-law-will-change-what-it-means-for-women.htmlThe effort to update abortion rights in New York comes as abortion rates have declined to historic lows in the state and nation.
What would change under the new law
Under the rights guaranteed by Roe v. Wade and New York law, all women have the right to an abortion at any time in their first 24 weeks of pregnancy.
After 24 weeks, exceptions can be made under federal law when a woman's life or health is at risk. But the 1970 New York law made exceptions only when a woman's life is at risk.
The Reproductive Health Act changes New York's law to permit abortions after 24 weeks in case where a woman's life or health would be threatened by continuing the pregnancy.
The updated New York law leaves it to doctors to decide when a woman's health is at risk. Opponents argued that the law should have defined what constitutes a threat to a pregnant woman's health.
Republican lawmakers say the change gives too much discretion to doctors, and could open the door to late-term abortions that are not medically necessary.
Allowing abortions when a fetus is not viable
New York's 1970 law gave women the right to an abortion if a fetus is not viable during the first 24 weeks of a pregnancy.
Under the Reproductive Health Act, a woman will have the right to abortion at any time, including the third trimester, if the fetus is not viable and cannot survive outside the womb.
The change matches the right on fetal viability already guaranteed under Roe v. Wade and subsequent Supreme Court rulings.
Abortion rights advocates noted that New York women sometimes had to travel to other states for an abortion after learning late in their pregnancy that the fetus was no longer viable.
Such late-term abortions are rare. About 1 percent of abortions nationwide are performed after 21 weeks, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
The bill's sponsors noted that most abortions today occur when a doctor administers a pill to a patient early in a pregnancy