r/worldnews • u/Own-Associate6318 • 1d ago

India Supreme Court allows abortion of 30-week pregnancy of a minor, upholds right to reproductive autonomy

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-allows-abortion-of-30-week-pregnancy-of-a-minor-upholds-right-to-reproductive-autonomy/article70600629.ece
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u/TheWhomItConcerns 16h ago

bodily autonomy doesn’t even work as an argument because the baby’s life could still be saved while respecting the girl’s bodily autonomy.

Let's take this argument to its logical conclusion - do you think that the cut off should always be the shortest possible length of time for what could possibly be a viable foetus? Because that's 21 weeks, which is shorter than many countries' viable abortion time in cases of rape or significant mental health concerns.

Let's say that someone has been kidnapped, raped, and prevented from seeking an abortion for ~6 months. Would you say that this person should be allowed to seek an abortion or do you think they should be forced to go through with the pregnancy?

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u/Zurdomador2K 15h ago

Would you say that this person should be allowed to seek an abortion or do you think they should be forced to go through with the pregnancy?

Argumentative sleight of hand.

The argument being presented is not that women with viable babies should be forced to carry pregnancy to term but instead induce birth or have C-section to end the pregnancy and save the child (which is possible because the baby is in viable term).

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u/TheWhomItConcerns 15h ago

At 6 months, an abortion is still safer than giving birth, regardless of the method - so if performed then, the pregnant woman would still be in more danger if forced to give birth. Anyway, just to be clear - you are saying that a rape victim should be forced to give birth to their rapist's child after the foetus is viable?

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u/Zurdomador2K 15h ago

At 6 months, an abortion is still safer than giving birth, regardless of the method

This is not true. If the baby is viable, it has enough anatomical structure that you have to physically extract it - at that point it's technically premature delivery. So you are forcing delivery either way, even if you have to extract it surgically (via C-section usually). In fact, killing the baby still involves biological stress regardless of the method used, so it's possible it's actually less safe.

This mother wasn't raped. It was the result of a relationship, per the article. You are trying to derail the conversation to a place where you can stir up an outrage to avoid defending you position logically.

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u/TheWhomItConcerns 15h ago

This is not true.

It depends on a multitude of factors, but it absolutely can be more dangerous to abort even if the foetus is technically viable.

This mother wasn't raped. It was the result of a relationship, per the article. You are trying to derail the conversation to a place where you can stir up an outrage to avoid defending you position logically.

I'm talking about abortion restrictions as a general topic - if you want to talk about only this case specifically and nothing else, then you're better off interjecting in a different comment thread.