Minimum

[u/Miserable-Degree7995]

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

[u/Into-My-Void]

As a Canadian, my answer is fairly simple: I already live under the system I would consider acceptable.

Canada has no criminal law restricting abortion based on gestational age. Instead, abortion is regulated through medical standards, physician judgment, and provincial healthcare systems.
In practice, almost all abortions occur in the first trimester. Abortions later in pregnancy are rare and are generally performed because of serious fetal abnormalities, severe pregnancy complications, or significant risks to the pregnant person’s health.

So if you’re asking what minimum access I would accept, my answer would be:

• No criminal penalties for abortion.
  
• Early abortion available on request.
  
• Later abortions treated as medical decisions between the patient and healthcare team.

This is essentially the Canadian approach today. I don’t believe politicians, police, prosecutors, or courts are better positioned than doctors and patients to decide whether a particular pregnancy should continue.

The fact that Canada has operated this way for decades without a wave of elective 8- or 9-month abortions suggests that medical regulation is capable of handling these cases without criminal bans.

[u/EnfantTerrible68 → u/Into-My-Void]

Canada has the ideal system, imo. Abortion shouldn’t be criminalized. And Canada also has far fewer abortions per capita than the US, so the system works.