delacroix: savedbygrace2007: This is a baby girl murdered at 4 1/2 months in her mother’s womb. The murder weapon of choice was saline which burned this little girl alive. I’m sorry for the sad/traumatic image here. But, occasionally, I come across something so ignorant I have to either say something or ragequit the universe. Here’s some of the many problems with this: Instillation abortions—which are the type that use saline—are only performed in the second trimester. Over 90% of abortions are performed in the first trimester, and over half of those are performed at or before 7 weeks when the embryo looks, at most, like a tadpole. Of second trimester abortions performed (which account for less than 10% of all total abortions annually) in the last half decade, literally 0.01% of those were instillation abortions.  Saline is SALT WATER. It’s used medically specifically because it resembles fluids naturally found in the body. It’s the same thing that’s used to rinse your contact lenses, the same thing that’s used to flush wounds, the same thing that hospitals use intravenously to treat dehydration. It’s also the same thing a lot of hospitals use to clean babies after they’re born. Saline doesn’t cause chemical burns (and that looks more like necrosis than chemical burns anyway).  At 19 weeks, a fetus is about the size of a large tomato. That corpse is clearly much larger, thus older, which means it’s likely a premie who didn’t survive. Regardless, though, people don’t have funerals for unwanted children, which means a bunch of self-proclaimed morally superior people are passing around the photo of a child someone wanted, loved, and tragically lost to further their political agenda. I don’t think those are the actions of people who can be trusted to make moral decisions for the whole country.   In 2008 (the last CDC surveillance report published), there were 825,564 abortions reportedly performed in America. That averages out to 2,261 abortions per day, which is definitely not 4,000. Some other statistics: In 2008, it was estimated there were 3.5 million homeless Americans, with 1.35 million of them being children—which averages out to 9,589 people on any given day—3,968 of them being children. In 2008, 36.2 million Americans, including 12.4 million children, were food insecure, which is 99,178 and 33,972 per day respectively. That number has now gone up, as of 2010, to 48.8 million Americans who lived in food insecure households, with 28.9 million of them participating in Federal food assistance programs—or 133,689 and 79,178 per day respectively. All of which is relevant because morality isn’t fucking selective, especially given that my statistics apply to people who experienced something for a sustained period of time rather than representing a one-time procedure.  Abortion isn’t actually completely legal through the whole 9 months of pregnancy. It’s legal nationwide through the first trimester. States can choose to limit abortions after the first trimester, especially after the point of fetal viability, except in cases where continuation of the pregnancy risks the life or health of the mother—and 40 states have set those limits. Abortions during the second trimester (which, remember, account for less than 10% of all total abortions) are predominantly performed because of a health issues affecting the mother or child—especially after the point of fetal viability.   (My statistics all come from reports published by the CDC, the USDA, and the US Department of Housing and Development.) 

delacroix:

savedbygrace2007:

This is a baby girl murdered at 4 1/2 months in her mother’s womb. The murder weapon of choice was saline which burned this little girl alive.

I’m sorry for the sad/traumatic image here. But, occasionally, I come across something so ignorant I have to either say something or ragequit the universe. Here’s some of the many problems with this:

  • Instillation abortions—which are the type that use saline—are only performed in the second trimester. Over 90% of abortions are performed in the first trimester, and over half of those are performed at or before 7 weeks when the embryo looks, at most, like a tadpole. Of second trimester abortions performed (which account for less than 10% of all total abortions annually) in the last half decade, literally 0.01% of those were instillation abortions. 
  • Saline is SALT WATER. It’s used medically specifically because it resembles fluids naturally found in the body. It’s the same thing that’s used to rinse your contact lenses, the same thing that’s used to flush wounds, the same thing that hospitals use intravenously to treat dehydration. It’s also the same thing a lot of hospitals use to clean babies after they’re born. Saline doesn’t cause chemical burns (and that looks more like necrosis than chemical burns anyway). 
  • At 19 weeks, a fetus is about the size of a large tomato. That corpse is clearly much larger, thus older, which means it’s likely a premie who didn’t survive. Regardless, though, people don’t have funerals for unwanted children, which means a bunch of self-proclaimed morally superior people are passing around the photo of a child someone wanted, loved, and tragically lost to further their political agenda. I don’t think those are the actions of people who can be trusted to make moral decisions for the whole country.  
  • In 2008 (the last CDC surveillance report published), there were 825,564 abortions reportedly performed in America. That averages out to 2,261 abortions per day, which is definitely not 4,000. Some other statistics: In 2008, it was estimated there were 3.5 million homeless Americans, with 1.35 million of them being children—which averages out to 9,589 people on any given day—3,968 of them being children. In 2008, 36.2 million Americans, including 12.4 million children, were food insecure, which is 99,178 and 33,972 per day respectively. That number has now gone up, as of 2010, to 48.8 million Americans who lived in food insecure households, with 28.9 million of them participating in Federal food assistance programs—or 133,689 and 79,178 per day respectively. All of which is relevant because morality isn’t fucking selective, especially given that my statistics apply to people who experienced something for a sustained period of time rather than representing a one-time procedure. 
  • Abortion isn’t actually completely legal through the whole 9 months of pregnancy. It’s legal nationwide through the first trimester. States can choose to limit abortions after the first trimester, especially after the point of fetal viability, except in cases where continuation of the pregnancy risks the life or health of the mother—and 40 states have set those limits. Abortions during the second trimester (which, remember, account for less than 10% of all total abortions) are predominantly performed because of a health issues affecting the mother or child—especially after the point of fetal viability.  

(My statistics all come from reports published by the CDC, the USDA, and the US Department of Housing and Development.)