{"id":195112,"date":"2019-01-25T15:43:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T21:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=195112"},"modified":"2019-02-04T21:14:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T03:14:11","slug":"four-myths-new-york-abortion-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/four-myths-new-york-abortion-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Four myths about New York’s new abortion law… and the truth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New York’s changes to the abortion law<\/a> that has been in place for the last 49 years has caused confusion among both pro-lifers and pro-choicers. From what “health of the mother” encompasses to whether women will die without late-term abortion, the myths and false assumptions are everywhere. Here are the facts.<\/p>\n

Myth #1:<\/strong> The New York law only allows for late-term abortion when the health of the mother is at risk (or in the most dire circumstances).<\/strong><\/p>\n

TRUTH:<\/strong> In 1973, on the same day that Roe v. Wade<\/em> legalized abortion, the Supreme Court released its ruling on another abortion case called Doe v. Bolton<\/em><\/a>. In this decision, the court found that physicians, as the medical experts, should be the ones to determine if an abortion is necessary or not. Doe’s<\/em> text reads, “medical judgment may be exercised in the light of all factors \u2013 physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman\u2019s age \u2013 relevant to the wellbeing of the patient. All these factors may relate to health.”\u00a0Therefore, when the New York law or any abortion law uses the phrase “in cases of risk to the mother’s health” the definition of “health” can be any reason<\/a> under the sun, left up to the discretion of the abortionist who stands to profit financially from the abortion.<\/p>\n

Myth #2:<\/strong> Women will die without late-term abortion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

TRUTH:<\/strong> Purposefully taking the life of a preborn child is never necessary to save the life of the mother. For example, with pre-eclampsia, in which a woman’s blood pressure becomes dangerously high, a woman’s life can be put in immediate danger. Would it be better for a physician to perform an\u00a0emergency C-section to save the mother and hope to save the child, or<\/em> commit a late-term abortion that will take at least two days after which the woman will go through labor to deliver a dead baby? It is faster and safer to deliver the child via C-section than to put the woman through a late-term abortion, and children born as early as 21 weeks<\/a> are surviving and thriving when given proper medical attention.<\/p>\n

In fact, since the expansive New York abortion law was signed, doctors have been coming forward with the truth.<\/p>\n

Dr. Omar L. Hamada tweeted<\/a>, “I want to clear something up so that there is absolutely no doubt. I’m a board certified OB\/GYN who has delivered over 2,500 babies. There’s not a single fetal or maternal condition that requires third trimester abortion. Not one. Delivery, yes. Abortion, no.”<\/p>\n

Dr. David McKnight\u00a0wrote<\/a>:<\/p>\n

It appears that the state of New York has legislated that an unborn baby can now be killed at term\u2026. As a board-certified practicing OB\/GYN physician for over 30 years, I need to say publicly and unequivocally, that there is NEVER a medical reason to kill a baby at term. When complications of pregnancy endanger a mother\u2019s life, we sometimes must deliver the baby early, but it is ALWAYS with the intent of doing whatever we can to do it safely for the baby too\u2026. God help us.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Those are just two of the many doctors<\/a> who are speaking out. In the video below, former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino explains why abortion is actually never<\/em> necessary:<\/p>\n

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