[ApesForEvolution]

"Who decides what the law will read? Is that what you're asking?"

Sure. And how it is enforced. Who determines if a mother's life is in danger. What is the 'threshold' and who decides? Can a woman choose not to give birth for whatever reason, maybe out of scorn, and say her husband raped her and thus gets to snuff out a baby?

[xzins]

1. Who decides what the law will read? Legislation belongs to the Congress. House and Senate will propose language, it will be stroked, and a final version will come out. It should, in my opinion, outlaw all abortion except in the case of rape, incest, and the life of the mother.

2. Also, you are correct. Each of those terms must be defined. Life of the mother means a situation where emergency medical care must focus on saving either mother or child with the likelihood that the other will perish. This is probably rare: auto accidents, shootings, etc. Diseases, illnesses, generally are longer acting and provide opportunity for both to live. Rape - this should be defined as violent rather than statuatory, imo. Incest - actually, I'm not as concerned in this area. Statistics demonstrate that the probability of genetic abnormalities in cousin or brother/sister pregnancies is extremely rare. Therefore, I'd favor this only when the incest involved family member violent rape. It would actually fall under the rape provision.