Good lord -- I am not against abortions -- I have paid for two -- my daughter at 16, my granddaughter at 16 -- too young for motherhood IMO -- I would like the debate on when to allow abortions to include the issue of killing/murdering the unborn, some how it is mostly missing from the debate -- and I cannot understand why there isn't a "get regular" pill for women missing/being late with their periods -- clearly a women's health issue -- geez
Ban after six week effectively leaves 1-2 weeks to be sure of pregnancy and to arrange an abortion if desired.
Doctors measure pregnancy from the time of the woman's last period even though the zygote might only be one week old depending on the time of ovulation. Hap needs to sit this one out.
Why is a 6-week abortion ban nearly a total ban? It's about how we date a pregnancy
"Cycles are seen to start from beginning of last period. Ban after six week effectively leaves 1-2 weeks to be sure of pregnancy and to arrange an abortion if desired. And irregular cycles are not unusual for women."
Added a missing s This to more firmly set the mathematics of it in mind.
May 1, 2024 9:47 AM ET
Selena Simmons-Duffin
The medical community dates pregnancy to the first day of a woman's last period, even though fertilization generally happens two weeks after that. It's a long-standing practice but a confusing one. Nikola Stojadinovic/Getty Images
Florida's abortion ban after six-weeks gestation is in effect as of May 1. That means the time a person has to decide whether or not to have an abortion in Florida is – at most – two weeks.
What?
It has to do with how the medical community dates a pregnancy. Here's the deal:
* A pregnancy is measured from the first day of a woman's last menstrual period, or LMP.
* For the first two of those six weeks – before ovulation – there is no pregnancy.
* Ovulation, sexual intercourse and conception have to happen, generally, about two weeks after the first day of the LMP.
* There's about a week between when an egg is fertilized and when it implants in the uterus.
* It takes another week before there's enough of a specialized pregnancy hormone in someone's urine for a home pregnancy test to turn positive. That's also about the time that a missed period might clue a woman in that she might be pregnant.
* All of the above is true for people with regular menstrual cycles. For the many women with irregular cycles, it can take longer to diagnose a pregnancy.
So, a six-week limit on abortion is really a limit of four weeks after conception, and one or two weeks after a person learns they are pregnant. There are lots of variations in these biological norms from person-to-person and even from month-to-month.
Florida's six-week ban has exceptions if the pregnant patient's life or a "major bodily function" is in jeopardy, in cases of rape, or if the fetus has a "fatal fetal abnormality."
[Insert: And "The ban has exceptions for rape, incest and human trafficking up to 15 weeks of pregnancy. State law also allows abortions to save a woman’s life or to prevent “substantial and irreversible” physical impairment, but doctors might still worry about their legal liability." https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=174348282]
The six-week limit on abortion is not common – it is in effect in South Carolina and Georgia, at the moment. Many more states have full abortion bans.
["Nine Southern states have total abortion bans, and Georgia and South Carolina ban abortions after about six weeks. So for people in Florida and elsewhere in the Southeast who want to end pregnancies, the closest options are now most likely in North Carolina, where abortions are allowed up to 15 weeks, and Virginia. https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=174348282"]
The first six-week ban went into effect before Roe v. Wade was overturned in September 2021 in Texas. That was a ban on abortion after a "heartbeat" could be detected. Physicians have pointed out that there is no fetal heart at six-weeks gestation, but cardiac activity begins at that stage of development.
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