Don Ewing: Abortions are legal in New Hampshire, don’t be misled

To The Daily Sun,

Abortions are legal in New Hampshire, don’t be misled. New Hampshire’s abortion law is similar to those in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.

Like in New York, abortions are legal in New Hampshire for any reason in the first 24 weeks (essentially until “viability”, i.e., when a baby would likely survive outside the womb). Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts allow abortions until viability (essentially 24-26 weeks).

New Hampshire allows abortions after 24 weeks to save the life of the mother or in the case fetal anomalies. Treating miscarriages and things like ectopic pregnancies are health care, not abortions. Doctors know the difference.

New Hampshire’s abortion law is consistent with Roe v. Wade; it’s easy to read, see section 329:44 at tinyurl.com/bdepfnyu.

Fewer than 10% of all U.S. abortions occur after the first trimester, and fewer than 1% occur after 20 weeks (tinyurl.com/2xxazve3).

While strongly advocating for human life and preferring that unwanted babies be saved for adoption, the New Hampshire Republican Party believes today’s abortion law represents the will of the vast majority of New Hampshire citizens. Our candidate for governor, Kelly Ayotte, pledged to veto any attempt to further restrict abortions.

Democrats are trying to mislead people about abortion laws.

The Democrat term “reproductive rights” is simply a euphemism for killing healthy babies after viability and even after birth. Democrat politicians also want abortions without parental consent, thus allowing the coverup of rapes of underage girls. Is that what voters want?

Democrats in Washington tried to legalize such extreme abortions in what they claimed, falsely, was just nationwide enactment of Roe v. Wade.

Each state is democratically setting its abolition laws. New Hampshire’s abortion law is quite liberal and it reflects the beliefs of most New Hampshire citizens.

Don Ewing

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