Off-Topic

Tim Tebow is an abortion of a QB.

kill kill kill

I'd imagine that, in our brave new world of no abortions and 'life begins at conception,' we'll need to beef up our police forces, b/c I'd assume there are going to need to be investigations into all miscarriages, correct? After all, A HUMAN LIFE HAS ENDED!!11 Or are we going to excuse all first trimester miscarriages (which is when the vast majority happen) and just investigate the later ones?

Look, as a physician, the husband of an OB, and a father, I understand that the idea of abortion is incredibly unsettling, but I also understand that pregnancy is a medical condition that carries significant risks in terms of both morbidity and mortality to the mother, and I likewise understand that a huge number of fetuses never make it to age of viability anyway.

Treating a fetus as an independent human being, regardless of gestational age, does not make sense either legally or medically. At some point it goes from becoming the POTENTIAL to become a human being to an actual human being, and that point is not at conception. If it were, we'd ALL be serial murderers. Hell, my wife an I have apparently killed AT LEAST 3 (and I'd wager more in the ballpark of 15-20).

So, at 6 weeks?

FYI, the eventual miscarriage rate at 6 weeks is more than 15% in the general population.

At age 35, it's 25% at 6 weeks

At age 40, it's 42% at 6 weeks.

So then is there any abortion you do not like?

Anyone wonder why this is a non issue in pretty much the rest of the world?