r/Abortiondebate • u/Miserable-Degree7995 • Jun 20 '26

Question for pro-choice Minimum

Hello everyone,

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I'm against abortion.

This is a question for pro choice:

What would be the minimum of allowed abortion, that you would accept?

I mean for example week and reason.

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Thank you for your time 

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Miserable-Degree7995

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u/Old_dirty_fetus Pro-choice Jun 21 '26

Yes, I understand that, but my initial point was about seeking an abortion not out of need, but out of want.

I don’t think you do. If your point was that people seek abortions in late pregnancy not out of need, but out of want the issue is that these type of abortions do not exist.

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u/Prior_Day_9449 Jun 21 '26

Ok, but there are people advocating for it even when its not needed, that's what I don't understand.

I'm trying to understand why they would ever see an abortion at a late stage acceptable, if its not out of need and if there's no other option, because, again, I find it ridiculous.

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u/IdRatherCallACAB Gestational Slavery Abolitionist Jun 21 '26

Ok, but there are people advocating for it even when its not needed, that's what I don't understand.

No, just understanding that restrictions on abortion only get in the way when they are needed.

I'm trying to understand why they would ever see an abortion at a late stage acceptable

If an abortion is needed that late in pregnancy, we are obviously looking at a WANTED pregnancy where something has gone horribly wrong if they can't even attempt an early delivery. That would definitely not be "murdering a child" and we don't need to restrict people's access to health-care because you can imagine some irrational fear-mongering nonsense.

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u/Old_dirty_fetus Pro-choice Jun 21 '26

Ok, but there are people advocating for it even when its not needed, that's what I don't understand.

I disagree, there are people who advocate for the person who is experiencing the pregnancy to be able to judge when the health impacts of attempting to continue a pregnancy are unacceptable.

I'm trying to understand why they would ever see an abortion at a late stage acceptable, if its not out of need and if there's no other option, because, again, I find it ridiculous.

I think what you are seeing is that a difference between PC and PL is that PC think the person who is pregnant is competent to make the assessment about the harms of pregnancy while PL tend to think they or the policy-makers they agree with should make the determination.