https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 22:26:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-671547 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:29:21 +0000 loveisstrange 671547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Viability. I am pro-choice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-671317 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:29:59 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 671317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: viability keeps being revised downward because of advancements in neonatal medicine. Meaningful survival is achieved at about 24 weeks (still with 50% of 24 weekers being profoundly impaired), so I'd say below 23 weeks is a reasonable gestational age. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-671236 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:06:54 +0000 sarac 671236@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am increasingly uncomfortable with the idea of abortion after 12 weeks. From a purely ethical standpoint, I consider that to be the limit. </p> <p>Now, if everyone woman had access to an abortion before that time period, I might support making that the legal limit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-671027 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:07:03 +0000 Grace 671027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: I agree it's not a good thing, but it's pretty common for fear paralyse people. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670921 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:40:29 +0000 MrsKoala 670921@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree with others and say until viability. I'm in New England. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670897 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:34:32 +0000 hellocupcake 670897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TurtleDoves: I don't know if I would have the strength, though I would like to think so. I just like that there are women who saw the light at the end of the tunnel (: Those are pretty awesome women. (To clarify: Not saying the opposite is true for women who have had an abortion) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670881 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:30:44 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 670881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellocupcake: my best friend was conceived through rape...kind of. Her moms BF was drunk and physically abusive one night and had sex with her, against her will, refusing to use a condon. She called the police on him but found out 3weeks later that she was pregnant. She had the baby and loves her to death. I'm so glad! But that was her own personal decision and I can't judge anyone who wouldn't do what she did. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670853 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:19:12 +0000 FarmWifeGina 670853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm pretty much exactly with @Ash:, however I am conflicted on how I feel about legislation. It's an issue that goes so much deeper than what the law says, if a woman really wants to get an abortion, she's going to figure out how to get one. Also, I've seen cases where doctors have used personhood laws to COMPLETELY overstep their bounds and force women into unwanted c-sections or other procedures. That, to me, is not ok. I guess that kinda makes me pro-choice but also pro-life, lol. I guess I just am what I am.</p> <p>I'm in ND too, @LazyLightning: :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670845 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:15:12 +0000 Ash 670845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: :) agreed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670807 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:00:11 +0000 photojane 670807@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't care to argue or debate, but just wanted to throw my opinion/feelings into the mix...</p> <p>I'm pro-life, and voted accordingly. Seeing my baby at my 12-week scan reaffirmed my belief that a baby is a baby from implantation. She was already moving and grooving on her own, and it was apparent that she was not a part of MY body... she was her own person from the start. </p> <p>I think that aborting a baby due to abnormalities or disease is identical to mercy killing/euthanasia, which is obviously illegal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670756 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:45:15 +0000 MsMini 670756@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that abortions should be legal until the fetus could survive with support outside the mother's body (at viability) so I would put the cut-off at 22 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670751 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:42:58 +0000 Ash 670751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellocupcake: wow, what a strong person she is!! Amazing!</p> <p>@MrsSCB: Thanks! And yes, a wanted pregnancy is completely different but there are consequences to people's actions. Pregnancy happens to be a result of unprotected sex. If it isn't wanted, actions to prevent need to be taken. Nothing is 100%. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670719 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:35:13 +0000 hellocupcake 670719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate to be the "I have a friend" girl but...<br /> I have a friend who was raped, had the baby and loves him to death. She will never know the father, but the experience doesn't stop her from loving her son.</p> <p>That said, if baby has a heart beat...you're too late to abort. IMO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670652 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:15:38 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 670652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: What is the timetable of viability? I imagine children born premature these days have a better chance at survival thanks to modern medicine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670638 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:10:42 +0000 Lozza 670638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: I'm also even more vehemently pro-choice after going through pregnancies and childbirth and parenting. </p> <p>I agree that abortions should be legal and rare, and I wish we'd focus on our energies as a society on making them more rare through good and comprehensive sex education, widely available and cheap/free contraceptive options, and increased support for parents, particularly those whose kids have special needs or disabilities. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670579 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:59:06 +0000 LuLu Mom 670579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am pro-choice and believe that anything after 12 weeks should be for medical reasons only. This gives time for hte mother to know if she's pregnant and whether she wants to keep it or not. </p> <p>I do not beleive the morning after pill is an abortion, there is a such thing as an abortion pill. </p> <p>That being said I in my adult life would never have an abortion, and even if it something were to have happened in high school or college I don't know if I could have made that choice, but I would have wanted the option to consider. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670575 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:58:21 +0000 MrsSCB 670575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ash: I totally understand why you'd feel that way, and I definitely wish you only the best in that respect! I would just suggest that your baby is obviously very wanted, but not everyone becomes pregnant by choice. But I can definitely see why that is your natural instinct! And congrats on your pregnancy, by the way -- I hope to be joining you in the not-too-distant future :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670548 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:53:45 +0000 Ash 670548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSCB: I just know that at 5 weeks pregnant, I am praying every second that this baby sticks. I couldn't imagine aborting this little life.<br /> I'm glad you didn't find it offensive. I was afraid someone might. I'm not a bold, strong personality kind of person... so I try to make everyone happy. :D </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670531 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:50:20 +0000 MrsSCB 670531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ash: I'm sorry to hear that, I honestly didn't think it was offensive at all! And I do think it's good to get lots of different perspectives on this issue :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670498 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:44:57 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 670498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Too late for an abortion is when the fetus can survive outside the mother's womb.</p> <p>ETA: I live in FL, but raised in the Northeast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670483 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:43:17 +0000 Ash 670483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSCB: I deleted my response. I don't want to offend anybody here. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670451 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:38:11 +0000 LazyLightning 670451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i believe the end of the first trimester, or very early second. I'm a little too soft to believe that life begins when the baby is viable outside the womb - I think 24-25 weeks is far too late to consider abortion.</p> <p>However as others have said, it's so complex. What if you were told you would die if you carry the baby to term? Or that your baby would be born brain dead, or severely disabled and could never live even a semi-normal life? So many complex issues, even when we step back from issues such as religion.</p> <p>I live in the state that just passed the 6 week law - ND. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670435 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:33:45 +0000 MrsSCB 670435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: Hahaha you're right, I probably shouldn't have gone there.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670434 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:33:32 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 670434@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am pro-choice but , wouldn't have one myself. I do not believe it is the government's right to tell women thy can't have one. I do believe in legal limitations though....So my<br /> answer is:<br /> Having had a MC at 9 weeks along and seeing what a fetus looks like at 5-6w growth, I'd say 6w max. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670431 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:32:30 +0000 pui 670431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsSCB: LOL now you're getting in to free will vs predestination... the craziest, most circular Christian debate possible!! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670429 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:31:43 +0000 pui 670429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Grace: I don't think that's a good thing. I think we should change that and make a law. I don't think we should let fear prevent us from making decisions that need to be made. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670426 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:30:40 +0000 MrsSCB 670426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ash: Not offended at all, but just curious -- didn't God also give us free will? I don't think that believing in his plan necessarily means being totally passive, if that makes sense. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670416 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:26:36 +0000 Grace 670416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: Just wanted to point out that the only reason abortion is legal up until birth in Canada, is because there was never an abortion law made. It's not like the politicians made a conscious decision to allow abortions up to birth. To me, that says that our society is more afraid to tackle a controversial issue than anything else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670412 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:25:54 +0000 Mrs.B 670412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: I am anti late term abortion. After 12 weeks an abortion should only be performed for medical reasons. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/spinoff-how-late-is-too-late-for-an-abortion/page/2#post-670397 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 10:22:12 +0000 Ash 670397@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: I hope I didn't go too far. I don't want to offend anyone but that's just my opinion. :)) </p>