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Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

And I'm not talking about the removal of an ectopic pregnancy.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

In that case, the child's growing in a hostile environment.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

The intention is not to take their life.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

You have to remove the child anyways.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

It's not going to be able to survive there.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

The mother's life is threatened.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

I'm also not talking about miscarriage care where the baby's heart has already stopped beating.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

Removing that baby during a procedure is not the direct and intentional taking of a life.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

But in any other case, if there's a medical scenario where there is some sort of

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

emergency situation, the mother is having a health crisis, there's a whole world of medicine to support and care for both mother and baby and to advocate for both of those lives in a

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

in a life-threatening emergency, an early delivery may be necessary of that baby.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

But in that case, you do everything you can to save, again, both lives.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

So it changes entirely the posture of our medical system, which today is basically saying, well, life is disposable.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

Have the abortion because it's easier.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

Have the abortion because the baby's disabled.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

Have the abortion because you may have this health complication.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

I mean, I have a sibling, beautiful family, my brother who's married, beautiful kids.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

One of his children is missing part of his hand because of an amniotic band issue in the womb.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

Immediately, recommendations to abort were made to him and his wife at 20 weeks.

Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
Why Ending Roe Wasn’t Enough for the Pro-Life Movement

It's happened to many other friends of mine.