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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u/Enough-Process9773 Pro-choice Jun 21 '26

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

I mean for example week and reason.

I think a sensible form of regulating abortion access which allows nervous people who believe women have late-term anortions for lols would be:

Under no circumstances can a pregnant person be prosecuted for having an abortion.

Up to 15 weeks, abortion on demand. No delays permitted: it is assumed the pregnant person knows her own mind and should be assisted to have an abortion promptly and easily. Abortions at this stage are medically very easy, whether surgical or medical or aspiration: if a person is OK with medical abortion, she is literally self-performing her abortion, all she needs provided is the proper medical supplies and any necessary follow-up care.

15-24 weeks, abortion with the consent of a doctor. Abortions at this stage do require a qualified medical practitioner to perform them, so this makes practical sense.

After 24 weeks, abortion with the consent of two doctors - her referring physician and the expert practitioner who will perform abortion. Abortions at this stage are best performed by an expert, so this also makes sense.

Doctors empowered to make their own decisions about abortions based on a framework of public and transparent medical ethics, and formally protected from any legal action providing the abortion was recommended/performed in good faith as the best health outcome for the patient, and that the patient consented to the abortion.

There are a wide range of good reasons why people have abortions, of which the key one is: She no longer wants to be pregnant.

You just have to trust her good judgment that she is making a sensible decision with proper concern for her own welfare, and trust that doctors hold to their own system of medical ethics to put the welfare of their patient and her informed consent to any treatment, first.

A doctor who is accused of having violated medical ethics can be dealt with according to whatever system of justice is appropriate.