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Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by AlexandrB on Monday April 25, 2022 @02:42PM (#31158971)
> So why do highly secular countries like France and Denmark draw the line at 13 or 14 weeks? In reality, the abortion debate rests on competing moral ideologies--one that emphasizes the importance of reproduction, and one that emphasizes the importance of individual choice.

I had to look this up and while it's somewhat true, it's highly misleading. "On demand" abortion in Denmark is limited until 12 weeks. However you can still get an abortion afterwards "if the woman's life or health are in danger" or "if certain circumstances are proved to be present (such as poor socioeconomic condition of the woman, risk of birth defects in the baby, the pregnancy being the result of rape, or mental health risk to mother)."[1]

The special circumstances allowed by the Mississippi abortion ban are much more narrow, including only medical emergencies and severe fetal abnormality[2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_Denmark

[2] https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/texas/mississippi-ab...

Re:Twitter set to accept Musk's $43B offer – sources by rayiner on Monday April 25, 2022 @03:18PM (#31159390)
The point is that Mississippi and Denmark agree on the core moral question of when a fetus is developed enough that the fetal life outweighs individual autonomy in the ordinary case. Both draw the line at the end of the first trimester, when the fetus has a face, hands, fingers, and begins sucking its thumb. This is a fundamental difference from Roe, which draws the line at the end of the second trimester, at viability.

Moreover, both agree that there are extenuating circumstances that can change the balance in specific cases. And they agree on the particular extenuating circumstances that are most likely to arise: risk of severe deterioration to woman's physical health, and fetal abnormalities.

All you're pointing out is that Denmark recognizes additional extenuating circumstances for special cases. Specifically, the health exception covers the risk of "severe deterioration of woman's physical or mental health." But note that the "risk to a woman's life or to her physical or mental health should be based solely or principally on circumstances of a medical character." The other grounds for second trimester abortions require unanimous approval from a special committee: https://cyber.harvard.edu/population/abortion/Denmark.abo.ht.... They are not an open-ended exception to allow second trimester abortions in ordinary cases.