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To think you can't physically force somebody to have a late term abortion?

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Cringemum · 24/06/2019 14:16

Just that really.

I was following the thread on the feminist board about the 22yo woman with LD's, who is 22 weeks pregnant, and a judge has ordered the pregnancy be terminated against her wishes.

The thread reached the maximum amount of comments before anybody was able to shed any light on my question.

I can't fathom how she can be physically forced to go through the procedure if she refuses to comply.

Could anybody shed any light on how exactly something like this could be enforced short of physically dragging her to the hospital and restraining her.

Horrible, horrible case by all accounts and my POV is that the judge has made the wrong decision - for the mother - I'm strictly pro choice in all situations but this doesn't sit right with me at all.

Many on the previous thread strongly disagree as is their prerogative but I don't understand how she can be made to go through with a termination?

Anybody?

HebeMumsnet · 25/06/2019 13:20

Afternoon, everyone.

We're a bit concerned about of the level of speculation in some of the posts here. Obviously there are real people involved here and vulnerable people, too, and we wouldn't want to cause anyone involved any distress if they happened to be reading.

We do understand that this is obviously a story that has attracted interest and is an interesting ethical debate but we just wanted to remind everyone that we are talking about people's real lives as well. We know it's easy to forget sometimes when you're in the middle of a discussion like this.

We're going to have a read of the thread and might make a few deletions here and there.

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