PROP 1: Voters deserve the facts
A recent letter opposing Proposition 1 makes several alarming claims, including that it would allow abortion on demand into the eighth month, eliminate parental involvement and allow non-physicians to perform abortions. Those claims deserve some important context.
Proposition 1 protects abortion before fetal viability, determined based on the individual pregnancy and a health care provider’s good-faith medical judgment. It does not establish the eighth month as the point of viability, nor does it state that a baby must survive without oxygen or NICU care. The phrase “extraordinary medical measures” is not specifically defined, and questioning that language is fair. Presenting one interpretation as established fact is not.
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