medical termination of pregnancy act?
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Is this the scary attempt to overturn our Supreme Court rulings?
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I hope someone with real legal expertise will give an answer to this. \n\nMy understanding from news articles is that often such a person is charged with assaulting two people -- and that just starts more arguments in court about when life begins!\n\n(edit)\nOnce you stated Michigan I was able to do some searching. It took some work. \n\nHere's one of the things I found posted on the National Right to Life website:\n\n"Michigan:  The killing of an "unborn quick child" is manslaughter under Mich. Stat. Ann. § 28.555. The Supreme Court of Michigan interpreted this statute to apply to only those unborn children who are viable. Larkin v. Cahalan, 208 N.W.2d 176 (Mich. 1973). However, a separate Michigan law, effective Jan. 1, 1999, provides felony penalties for actions that intentionally, or in wanton or willful disregard for consequences, cause a "miscarriage or stillbirth," or cause "aggravated physical injury to an embryo or fetus."(M.C.L. 750.90a through 750.90f)"\n\nSearch for yourself in Yahoo or Google using the search terms "Michigan Fetal Protection Act" (without the quotes) and you will find more citations.
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Great question!\n\nI say - take the fetus out.  If it is viable and can live on its own, save it.  If not, then that's unfortunate.\n\nUnder my solution, the woman gets to "control her body" but not "kill a baby."  We don't force women to gestate a pregnancy, but we also don't kill people just because they are "unwanted."\n\nKing Solomon couldn't do any better (pun intended)!\n\nProblem solved!\n\nNEXT!
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Don't know about the partial.  In SD, the most restrictive ban on abortion was soundly defeated, and in CA the parental notification law was also soundly defeated.\n\nFundies were again given a nice dose of reality.  Abortion rights and and woman's right to chose will never go away.
92006
dont have an abortion.  it would probably be hard considering how conservative the country is compared to the west.  however there are not places to help with the child like there are in the us.  best bet is probably to just do your best or move to the states for a short time but im not aware of any law
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Well here's a few places you can start looking for information.  Further down there's a colored world map concerning abortion laws.  And even further down is a chart by continent with specific laws and yes or no.
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http://www.karenwheaton.com/cms/page.aspx?pageid=144\n\nhttp://ramp.torontopubliclibrary.ca/secondary/emergency/pregnancy/emergencycontraception/three-content.jsp
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The question was whether a city could withhold public funds from paying for abortions or prohibit public employees from performing or assisting in abortions.\n\nA fractured court held that there was no consitutional right to public funds for abortions. It also pretty much threw out the 3-trimester argument of Roe v Wade in upholding another part of the law that required a doctor performing an abortion to first determine if the fetus was viable, and deliver the baby if it was.\n\nSee the opinion here: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=492&invol=490
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Medical abortion is done by taking two drugs.  The first drug is either Mifepristone or Methotrexate (which terminate the pregnancy), and the second is Misoprostol (which starts the uterus contracting and expels the fetus and other uterine contents).  The doctor gives you the first dose, and two days later you take the second dose yourself.\n\nThe procedure is generally cheaper than a surgical (vacuum aspiration) abortion, but it must be done before 8 weeks of pregnancy.  Also, if the Misoprostol does not work, and you don't expel the products of conception, you must get a surgical abortion to avoid serious complications.
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Far too many.\nOnly a  thought process that has been asundered by liberalism will say abortion is not an issue.\n\nDilation and partial extraction is inducing labor to the point where the almost developed fetus's head is exposed so it can be bifurcated and the brain removed.\n\nHumanity is served by this?\n\nDon't confuse medical necessity with barbarity.
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Morning after pill, second that motion.\nOh! Isn't this still considered an abortion by some extremist Christians?  Who cares about them?  \nThey are going to hell along with the rest of the extremist racist bigots.
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Abortion is killing a person at a very tender age.  It is stoppage of life at its earliest stage.
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I agree. I find it interesting that it is okay to abort a fetus while it is in the womb but not when it is out of the womb. This makes no sense to me. It seems to me that if it is  to be legal then parents should be allowed to have an abortion up until the fetus is 18 years old.
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Listen, I AM a lawyer and I am asking you to let this go.  I am so truly sorry for your loss but the cause of death here was obvious.  The cord was wrapped around the baby's neck multiple times.  You asked for blood work, etc.  Under these circumstances, why would a doctor follow your orders?  There is no medical reason to do so and the insurance company certainly won't want to pay for a procedure simply because an upset mother "wants" one done.  \n\nLet's assume for the moment that the doctor should have followed your orders (and I think he was right in not doing so by the way), what would you sue for?  He didn't cause the death of your baby.  He didn't cause you injury.  No injury equals no lawsuit.  There is no cause of action available for failure to follow patient instructions.  Unless you can prove that something he did caused physical injury to you or caused your baby to die, then you simply have no recourse.\n\nAgain, I am so very sorry for your loss.  Having 4 miscarriages has got to be heart breaking.  But don't take your anger out on someone who did you no harm.\n\nI wish you luck on all of your future endeavors and pray that your next pregnancy will come to term without complication.
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I'm not an authority on this but just had a baby boy born last Saturday. My wife was drinking in he first month because we didn't know she was pregnant. After that she didnt touch a drop and our baby was born absolutely perfect. Mind you she never smoked the ganga. But I smoked for over 10 years very heavily. Right up to the pregnancy. Seems as soon as I stopped she got pregnant. Good form of birth control.\n\nBut I would recommend to your friend to see her GP and have an early scan and blood tests. she should be honest with the doctor. There is alot of people saying that these things do not justify abortion as the effects are not known to be detrimental always.
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I believe that a state or two should completely legalize it. however this is no free country so we may never see this. It does have medical use and for a docter not to be able to prescribe it is rediculus. They can prescribe just about anything else.\n\nIts just another " govern-mental " issue like abortion.
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I don't believe it should be abolished, however, you are entitled to your opinion as well. Its not that I support the practice, Its just a scary notion that the government would have power over reproductive rights.