What abortion policy set would you prefer?

[Antonio the Sixth]

I ask because I was surprised to realize that the time limitations to abortion are actually a lot more stringent in France (12 weeks, apparently) than they are in the US (at least, in jurisprudence). On the other hand, in France and most European countries, to the extent that an abortion is legal, the public health insurance program will pay for all or most of it.

I thought this could be an interesting debate, helping to unveil the existence of very different rationales among both supporters and opponents.

Option 1 for me.

[Cassius]

Option 3. But in an ideal world I would not see abortions funded by the government.

[Goldwater]

Option 2.

[ElectionsGuy]

Option 2.

[H. Ross Peron]

If I had to choose probably third option.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Option one.

[Supersonic]

Pretty difficult, but option 4 I guess.

[DC Al Fine]

The 10 week option would prevent the most abortions, so I'll go with that even though the government funding is reprehensible.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Available only in the first 10 weeks, 100% government-funded (meh-abortion)

The 10 week option would prevent the most abortions, so I'll go with that even though the government funding is reprehensible.

Not certain if this was what you meant, but a 10 week limit wouldn't prevent most abortions, tho it would prevent more than a viability limit.  Only about 1 in 5 abortions is performed after the tenth week as measured from last menstruation. Measure from date of conception and that rate goes down to 1 in 9 abortions.

[DC Al Fine]

Available only in the first 10 weeks, 100% government-funded (meh-abortion)

The 10 week option would prevent the most abortions, so I'll go with that even though the government funding is reprehensible.

Not certain if this was what you meant, but a 10 week limit wouldn't prevent most abortions, tho it would prevent more than a viability limit.  Only about 1 in 5 abortions is performed after the tenth week as measured from last menstruation. Measure from date of conception and that rate goes down to 1 in 9 abortions.

The number I always heard was 30% after 10 weeks. What you said is what I meant. I think the 10 week limit would reduce abortion more than 0 government funding would.

[Indy Texas]

Available to the point of viability with no funding.

To go with the other option would be like promising to never write anything critical of the government as long as the government paid for you to have a nice new MacBook to write non-critical things on.

[TNF]

Lots of people fine with forcing poor women to have kids against their will in this thread.

[Lief 🗽]

Free abortion on demand (doesn't hate poor people, women).

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

Option 3. But in an ideal world I would not see abortions funded by the government.

[Lambsbread]

Option 1, though I would very much prefer if it were up to about 24 weeks.

[DC Al Fine]

Free abortion on demand (doesn't hate poor people, women).

Anti-abortion (doesn't like child murderers)

See, I can be an ignorant hack too!

[TNF]

Free abortion on demand (doesn't hate poor people, women).

[Lief 🗽]

Free abortion on demand (doesn't hate poor people, women).

Anti-abortion (doesn't like child murderers)

See, I can be an ignorant hack too!

When conservatives show the same concern for children who have been born as they do for hypothetical, un-born children, then maybe you'll have a point.

[Redalgo]

Option 2, though I would prefer the procedure be covered by social insurance.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Option 2.

[windjammer]

Option 1.

Antonio, are you sure it's not 16 week in France?

[Antonio the Sixth]

Option 1.

Antonio, are you sure it's not 16 week in France?

Wikipedia says it's 12.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Lots of people fine with forcing poor women to have kids against their will in this thread.

Yeah, I'm pretty disappointed by the pro-choicers here.

[Indy Texas]

The 10 week option would prevent the most abortions, so I'll go with that even though the government funding is reprehensible.

No, it would prevent the most legal abortions. You'd still have women going to Mexico and dying of kidney failure from improperly-made black market abortifacients. But let's continue to restrict abortion so that fewer abortions are attempted. Let's have a War on Abortion. After all, look at the War on Drugs. That worked out great.

[Marnetmar]

Option 1.