Abortion Isn't About Fetal Personhood (a response to Douthat)

[Carleas]

@Ichthus77

What does that mean?

It means that it would be easier for a woman who wants (1) to get (1).

The pro-choice resistance to rules that do this is that it means many current providers wouldn’t be able to fulfill the obligation, to the point they think this is the real motivation the rules. But part of why the rules reduce access is that there are legal risks to treating the fetus like a child, e.g. malpractice, wrongful death, and even manslaughter. A well-written law could expand access by reducing legal risk, while simultaneously producing more healthy humans.

@Ichthus77

The accountability & reporting won’t change.

Hospitals have different accountability and reporting obligations and practices, so I don’t see how it could possibly not change.

But I also think you exaggerate the issues with accountability and reporting; see:

@Carleas

That should support our credence in both sources, because the numbers were reported for different reasons and in different contexts, and represent different samples, but they agree pretty well. If instead clinics downplayed their numbers when reporting to the CDC, or this doctor were inflating her numbers to pitch a customer, there would be a mismatch.