Up North Progressive

Let’s get one thing sorted right way: Pregnant women carry a FETUS. A fetus is a fertilized egg that has reached 8 weeks of development. There are lots of other terms that describe the stages of pregnancy such as zygote, embryo, fetus, neonate, and so on. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN UNBORN CHILD. It’s bizarre and tragic this false term for a fetus has become part of our language, especially in the media, to the point even progressives use it not realizing they’re perpetuating the false narrative of anti-choice groups.

Moving on …

When the Up North Progressive first started writing this article it was supposed to be about State Senator Curtis VanderWall (R – Must punish women for having sex!), and his bill to criminalize women who have to make the horrible decision to end their late-term pregnancy. Inanely named “Pain-capable Unborn Child Protection Act,” the bill assumes a pregnant woman might wake up some morning after carrying a fetus for 24 or more weeks and suddenly change her mind about being pregnant. This assertion is based on some sadistic fantasy right wing men have that a woman can on a whim get an abortion up to an even after giving birth.

Except they can’t because abortion on demand is illegal after 24 weeks – the time when the fetus begins developing the ability to feel pain. At this point, only a doctor can decide if the pregnancy can be terminated, not the pregnant mother. The doctor will only suggest this if there is some birth defect the fetus will not survive after birth or the mother’s life is in danger. These two situations are so rare that less than 1 percent of late-term abortions ever happen in this country. That doesn’t stop sadistic bastards like Curt VanderWall however from inflicting more agony and suffering on an already despondent mother by insisting she gives birth only to watch her baby die an agonizing death or face time in prison. VanderWall at least doesn’t go so far as to demand the mother sacrifice her life on the altar of disgustingly stupid laws politicians propose to get their name in the media because they want to run for higher office in the near future.

And it’s no coincidence VanderWall’s bill came shortly after one of many of Trump’s asinine tweets on the subject of “after-birth” abortion – a thing that is medically impossible.

Senate Democrats just voted against legislation to prevent the killing of newborn infant children. The Democrat position on abortion is now so extreme that they don’t mind executing babies AFTER birth….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 26, 2019

And you’re thinking, “it can’t possibly get any worse,” until it does.

Hannity: “Just for the record, we don’t know if AOC ever smoked weed although a lot of liberals now who care about late-term abortion, during birth abortion, even after birth abortion and yes they want to legalize weed” pic.twitter.com/Wp8o48PP9O

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) March 14, 2019

And it gets even worse.

Texas Lawmakers are Promoting ‘Anti-New York’ Bills to Limit Abortions https://t.co/x4Fbgpbq8t by @SophieNovack #txlege

— The Texas Observer (@TexasObserver) March 14, 2019

Until it gets to the point where anti-choice Republicans are in a mad dash to see who can out-stupid each other the most.

And then only two days ago on March 20, 2019, we reached peak stupid with former Trumpian UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley.

Health care costs are too high that is true but comparing us to Finland is ridiculous. Ask them how their health care is. You won’t like their answer.

— Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) March 20, 2019

Sure, pick on Finland of all countries and show the world how stupid you are, Nikki.

Up North Progressive already shared how exponentially superior Finland is at being pro-life when it comes to children. Just for fun, google ‘Finland baby box.’ Finland’s supportive child policies and health care system are so superior to the United States they have the lowest child poverty rate in the world. Finland always ranks in the top five nations worldwide for infant mortality rate at around 1.8 percent while the United States struggles to keep below 6 percent. With all of the restrictions on legal abortion, defunding Planned Parenthood, closing clinics, and politically grasping jerks like Curt VanderWall, you would think the United States could at least do as well as Finland, a country where abortion is legal and government-funded.

Anti-choice opportunist politicians like Ludington’s Curt VanderWall think to force women to give birth to a nonviable fetus and making her suffer the loss and pain of a child she had so much love and hope for means freedom. Threatening women and doctors with prison by criminalizing sound medical practice doesn’t seem much like freedom at all.