Shanae Smith-Cunningham arrived at Memorial Regional Hospital on Dec. 21, 2022 — five days after her water broke, only halfway through her pregnancy. Despite her pleas for treatment and the risks to her health, staff at the Hollywood, Fla., hospital turned her away amid the state’s new abortion restrictions.
The decision to send Smith-Cunningham home put her life in peril, health officials later determined
This is an aside, but I absolutely loathe the term “elective abortion” I want all parents to become parents with forethought and intent. We’ve seen how disastrous it can be for children to grow up in un-loving households and it’d be wonderful if we could minimize how many future children have to suffer that.
Let all pregnancies be intentioned and wanted and realize that accidental pregnancies brought on by two people having some fun shouldn’t force parenthood on a couple that don’t desire it. Let pregnancy be elective and allow abortions to be a tool for people who don’t want to transition their lives into parenthood.
(This isn’t a criticism of the parent comment, but that term just pisses me off)