Some thoughts on the logic of the proposed abortion legislation changes...
There has been legislation proposed that states that the only situation where government funds can be used to assist women in need of abortions, is when a pregnancy results from a violent/forcible rape committed by a stranger to the victim.
The modern US woman on average will live to be 80 years old. At age 13 she will begin having a regular ovulation cycle, and at age 50 she will hit menopause and no longer be fertile. So in a woman's life, she will spend about 40 years of it - only half - being actively fertile.
This modern average woman will ovulate every 30 days for 2 days at a time. So, she will spend about 3% of her fertile years able to become pregnant. This also considering that she is of good physical and mental health, has low stress level, and does not engage in activities which would inhibit her body or mind.
For every time she engages in unprotected intercourse, she will become pregnant 5% of the time. 60% of her pregnancies will fail within 8-12 weeks, sometimes before she ever realizes she is pregnant.
Now, our modern average woman is most likely to be raped between the ages of 15 and 30. With her ovulation cycle in mind, this will account for about 2% of her fertile years. There is only a 7% chance that the rape will be committed violently by a complete stranger. There is a 50% chance that she will not report the crime, and even is she does, there is only a 6% chance her unknown rapist will be found and successfully convicted.
Taking all this into consideration, the likelihood of a situation arising in which a modern average woman will be violently raped by a stranger, which leads to viable pregnancy, her attacker is found and convicted which the new administration would require in order to allow her the option of getting an abortion...is literally about one in a million.
I'd almost prefer that abortion was just made illegal. I wouldn't agree with it, but at least it would end the fucking insult.
Also, let me make note; I'm not disputing the occurrence or severity of pregnancy following rape. I am disputing the logic behind the proposed legislature.
Aside from all the other circumstances where rape ends up in pregnancy (date rape, statutory rape, incestuous rape, "corrective" rape, deceptive rape and domestic rape), it should go without saying that the issue that should be equally explored is the proposal that women who's lives are medically in danger due (in part or whole) to their pregnancies, will be denied the option of abortion to save her life. Not only is that a violation of the Hippocratic oath, but pretty much the equivalent of allowing an injured organ donor to die for the chance their kidney may be a match to someone else.
Now, I'm not a fan conspiracy theories, though as I ponder this I can't help but recall a situation from a few years ago. A certain branch of power wished to distract the populace of the country from a very unpopular decision they had made, and they did so by feigning involvement in a frivolous but emotionally volatile domestic policy. For many months - almost a year - the populace quarreled amongst themselves while the branch carried on however it wished, nearly completely unnoticed. It wasn't until the populace finally noticed that after so long, no real progress had been made on this policy, that they'd been had. And in that time, irreversible damage had been done to the integrity of the populace, right under their noses.
And now, years later, here we find ourselves again.
The modern US woman on average will live to be 80 years old. At age 13 she will begin having a regular ovulation cycle, and at age 50 she will hit menopause and no longer be fertile. So in a woman's life, she will spend about 40 years of it - only half - being actively fertile.
This modern average woman will ovulate every 30 days for 2 days at a time. So, she will spend about 3% of her fertile years able to become pregnant. This also considering that she is of good physical and mental health, has low stress level, and does not engage in activities which would inhibit her body or mind.
For every time she engages in unprotected intercourse, she will become pregnant 5% of the time. 60% of her pregnancies will fail within 8-12 weeks, sometimes before she ever realizes she is pregnant.
Now, our modern average woman is most likely to be raped between the ages of 15 and 30. With her ovulation cycle in mind, this will account for about 2% of her fertile years. There is only a 7% chance that the rape will be committed violently by a complete stranger. There is a 50% chance that she will not report the crime, and even is she does, there is only a 6% chance her unknown rapist will be found and successfully convicted.
Taking all this into consideration, the likelihood of a situation arising in which a modern average woman will be violently raped by a stranger, which leads to viable pregnancy, her attacker is found and convicted which the new administration would require in order to allow her the option of getting an abortion...is literally about one in a million.
I'd almost prefer that abortion was just made illegal. I wouldn't agree with it, but at least it would end the fucking insult.
Also, let me make note; I'm not disputing the occurrence or severity of pregnancy following rape. I am disputing the logic behind the proposed legislature.
Aside from all the other circumstances where rape ends up in pregnancy (date rape, statutory rape, incestuous rape, "corrective" rape, deceptive rape and domestic rape), it should go without saying that the issue that should be equally explored is the proposal that women who's lives are medically in danger due (in part or whole) to their pregnancies, will be denied the option of abortion to save her life. Not only is that a violation of the Hippocratic oath, but pretty much the equivalent of allowing an injured organ donor to die for the chance their kidney may be a match to someone else.
Now, I'm not a fan conspiracy theories, though as I ponder this I can't help but recall a situation from a few years ago. A certain branch of power wished to distract the populace of the country from a very unpopular decision they had made, and they did so by feigning involvement in a frivolous but emotionally volatile domestic policy. For many months - almost a year - the populace quarreled amongst themselves while the branch carried on however it wished, nearly completely unnoticed. It wasn't until the populace finally noticed that after so long, no real progress had been made on this policy, that they'd been had. And in that time, irreversible damage had been done to the integrity of the populace, right under their noses.
And now, years later, here we find ourselves again.