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Originally Posted by Yasa
I have no experience in abortions, and I'm not an expert by any means but I find it hard to believe that under current laws, "wrong gender" would be a valid reason to have an abortion.
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Don't think so. I'm sure there are a handful of posters that would clamour incoherently how having to give a "valid reason" would infringe on women's rights.
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I do believe that doctors are typically unable to find the gender of a child before 12 weeks, and it's commonly done at the 16-20 week mark which I'm sure is beyond the legal time frame for an abortion. Which makes the whole "gender vs. disability" debate useless.
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It is legal to get an abortion up until the end of the second trimester. Mind you, a doctor may find that the health risks are too great and refuse to perform the operation at such a late time, but the issue I am discussing here is legality.
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Regardless of those details, there is again no rule saying that "if you are pro-choice, you must accept and believe in all current abortion laws." That's absolutely false. You can be pro-choice and be accepting of abortions under certain circumstance, but that doesn't mean you have to approve of every reason to get an abortion.
It's not an all-or-nothing belief system.
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Again, the issue that I am discussing here is legality. I am well aware that people have their own views on the matter that do not fall into an all or nothing system, but the law does not. If you support abortion laws, then this is what you are supporting. I'm not saying whether that is right or wrong, but it would be nice to have a conversation about it without one side constantly jumping to the conception via rape scenario. In the eyes of the law, an abortion is an abortion.