Pro-life atheists

[Losty]

Really, Heywood? I don't need you to tell me what google says are treatments for severe preeclampsia. The fact is that in some cases it's too late and your only option is abortion or death. My question was, in a case where abortion is necessary to save the life of the woman, do you think it's okay and/or should be allowed?

Abortion is never the only option with pre-eclampsia. The baby can simply be delivered and treated as a preemie. It will either survive or it will not.

Wrong. If you remove a fetus from the womb knowing that it has zero chance of survival that's an abortion Heywood.

What kind of doctor would induce labor on a woman who is barely clinging to life knowing full well that she's 18 weeks pregnant and there is no chance of survival for the fetus?

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What about when a woman's water breaks super early. This is actually pretty common and most cases she gets admitted to the hospital for the duration of her pregnancy and the doctors hold out as long as they think is safe before inducing labor. Sometimes, though, despite the best efforts of everyone she will get an infection. Then depending on how far along she is they will perform and abortion or induce labor to save her life.

Its the induce labor part that you ignore. Late term abortions are unnecessary. Induce labor, there is no need to kill the baby.

So further risk her life even though the fetus will die once removed from the womb? Makes perfect sense Heywood.