Montana won a pro-life motion victory this week. The state’s republican governor, Greg Gianforte, issued a bill prohibiting abortion after 20 weeks of gestation, with the sole exception of abortions designed for the mother’s fitness.
It’s a smart bill that represents the values of the highest Americans. While 60% of others think abortions in the first trimester deserve to be legal, abortion in the country falls by 28% for the current trimester and 13% for the third trimester, according to A Gallup. Meanwhile, 20 weeks is about half the quarter of the moment. There are pregnancies that last 21 weeks in which the bath is born and survives outside the uterus, which makes it even more difficult for the pro-choice field to justify the end of those lives.
However, Montana’s bill is also a sad reminder of excessive excessive abortion legislation in the country. The United States is one of seven countries in the world that allows elective abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, according to the Washington Post. Korea and Vietnam It’s a terrible business.
Therefore, while many liberals can praise European countries, adding Nordic countries, such as style societies, abortion legislation in those places would mortify them. Finland, Denmark and Norway sometimes allow abortion for up to 12 weeks gestation, while Swedish legislation is more liberal. , according to the Centre for Reproductive Rights. Sweden’s limit is regularly 18 weeks, making it the strictest among US states. But it’s not the first time
Nor is it exclusive to so-called social democracys: in Germany, France and Spain the gestation limit is 14 weeks, while in Italy it is shorter at 90 days and the neighbor of Spain, Portugal, prohibits voluntary abortion from 10 weeks gestation. .
Meanwhile, much of Latin America, with many immigrants in the United States, is tipping conservatives on the issue. In countries such as Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic, abortion is an illegal exception.
In an ideal society, there would be no abortion. Unfortunately, we are not yet there as a country, as Roe v. Wade is still in force and states continue to pass permissive abortion laws. what is transparent is that liberal-driven abortion legislation does not reflect the country’s values. If the legislation reflected popular opinion, they would save thousands of lives each year.
Tom Joyce (@TomJoyceSports) is a political reporter for NewBostonPost in Massachusetts, and is also a freelancer who has published on USA Today, Boston Globe, Newsday, ESPN, Detroit Free Press, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Federalist and several other media outlets.