Iamsemisweet
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You are right, the definition of abortion in the georgia statute excludes a dead fetus quote:
ORIGINAL: Aylee quote:
ORIGINAL: tazzygirl quote:
I have to agree with Aylee. The bill does not address stillborns. It DOES make the doctor legally liable, by replacing his own judgment with "reasonable medical judgment". In other words, if the conservatives succeed in getting panels constituted of rabid anti-abortionists, even if they have no medical training, they could override the doctor's judgment. (A) Avert the death of the pregnant woman or avert serious risk of substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman. No such condition shall be deemed to exist if it is based on a diagnosis or claim of a mental or emotional condition of the pregnant woman or that the pregnant woman will purposefully engage in conduct which she intends to result in her death or in substantial and irreversible physical impairment of a major bodily function; or Since fetal demise isnt, immediately, a cause of imment death in a woman, she could very well be barred for getting an abortion. This law requires a woman remain pregnant unless she is at risk of death or “irreversible physical impairment” should the pregnancy continue. There is absolutely no conditional basis made for fetal demise. Sometimes its not what IS written, but what is removed or not stated at all. And, before anyone even tries.. lets not go into the "they wouldnt do that" mode. We all know they would. If the baby is dead there can be no abortion as there is nothing there to abort. This is a logical impossibility. I believe that the term for removing a stillbirth is "inducing labor." Since a stillbirth happens in the third trimester. A miscarriage in the second. And in the first, "Sorry, you lost his twin."
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