#because a premie born around that time is extremely unlikely to survive

[queerbauten]

There's this single-issue anti-abortion party in my province that's been putting up billboards recently about their website, which does feature images of "aborted" fetuses, and the worst part, to me, is knowing that at least some of those "abortions"—you know, the 20+ weeks ones—were probably stillbirths (or even live preemies) that the parent(s) didn't want to lose, and that these people are just... lying. They're lying about this horrible, horrible thing in order to advance their cause. It makes me sick.

#seeing seven-week abortions is sad to me too obviously #('ooh look she thinks abortion is *sad!*') #but one could make the argument that those were definitely willful abortions (as opposed to miscarriages) #(though I wouldn't put it past these people to pass off first-trimester miscarriages as willful abortions) #it's a lot harder to make that argument the closer you get to the third trimester #particularly when it's 20 weeks #because a premie born around that time is extremely unlikely to survive #like by 20 weeks you probably aren't *wanting* to have an abortion even if you *do* have one #and it would be bad enough to use people's trauma from such an experience for your own benefit #it's even worse to lie about what happened #The Biophone gets personal #abortion tw #tokophobia tw #death tw #miscarriage tw #text heavy