Snake, my understanding is the late term abortions performed on fetuses with "conditions" are performed only when that "condition" is incompatible with life. Example: Bart's Hydrops Fetalis. For those of you unfamiliar with hemoglobin: every "normal" person is born with 2 beta and 4 alpha hemoglobin (HGB) chain producing genes. Every HGB molecule is made up of 4 chains, with at least 2 of those being alpha chains. You can get by without the beta chains (potentially needing chronic transfusions) but you cannot survive without alpha chains. In rare cases when it happens that a fetus has no alpha chain genes the are unable to produce HGB and cannot transport oxygen through its blood. A fetus with Bart's Hydrops Fetalis essentially cannot be born alive.
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It's not you personally, it's just that, I think about us being held up as a standard to the rest of the world and, well, I start to cry, a little bit.
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