How Zika could change the politics of late-term abortion

[mystery-ak]

 How Zika could change the politics of late-term abortion

The virus causes birth defects, a factor that might influence some views on abortion.

By Jennifer Haberkorn

08/22/16 05:35 PM EDT

Updated 08/22/16 05:16 PM EDT

For years, most Americans have opposed abortions late in pregnancy.

Zika could change that, potentially undermining support for a national ban on abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy as more women infected with the virus find themselves in the crosshairs of the abortion wars if they choose to end their pregnancies.

Pregnant women with the Zika virus are at risk of giving birth to babies with devastating brain damage, which can be detected only around 18 to 20 weeks — and often much later than that. More than 1,200 pregnant women have been diagnosed with the virus in the U.S. so far, mostly in Puerto Rico. And with the numbers climbing in Florida, the nation’s top health official urged pregnant women and their sexual partners to avoid nonessential travel to all of Miami-Dade County.

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http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/zika-abortion-politics-227285

[geronl]

abortion is murder, period.


There are plenty of cases where parents were told their kid was going to be born dead, die soon after, had horrible deformities-issues and the doctors turn out to be wrong.

[TomSea]

The virus causes birth defects, a factor that might influence some views on abortion.

This is a point in contention actually, some would argue it does not cause birth defects.

http://www.blacklistednews.com/Zika_Virus_Does_Not_Cause_Birth_Defects_-_Fighting_It_Probably_Does/52209/0/38/38/Y/M.htmls.

Zika: Brazil Admits It’s Not the Virus

Amidst growing fear-based propaganda warning of the threat of Zika virus comes a quiet admission from health officials in Brazil: Zika alone may not be responsible for the rise in birth defects that plagued parts of the country.

While there is some (limited) evidence suggesting Zika virus may be linked to the birth defect microcephaly, and the virus has been spreading throughout Brazil, rates of the condition have only risen to very high rates in the northeast section of Brazil.

Since the virus has spread throughout Brazil, but extremely high rates of microcephaly have not, officials are now being forced to admit that something else is likely at play.

Dr. Fatima Marinho, director of information and health analysis at Brazil’s ministry of health, told the journal Nature, “We suspect that something more than Zika virus is causing the high intensity and severity of cases.”1

Nearly 90 Percent of Brazil Microcephaly Cases Occurred in the Northeast

See More http://www.healthnutnews.com/brazil-admits-its-not-zika/

So like many diseases, it will not be understood.

Are there other birth defects than just microcephaly? I guess so.

Health Nut News is not even some "pro-life" website, natural living I'd say.

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This is a point in contention actually, some would argue it does not cause birth defects.

The geographic distribution doesn't mean it's not fbe virus, but could point to a co-factor.

The rise of birth defects prior to the onset of the Zika outbreak could indicate no Zika connwction, although that could also indicate subclinical exposures, etc.

Health Nut News is not even some "pro-life" website, natural living I'd say.

Meaning they are all-too-ready to tie it to pesticides...not that it's a bad hypothesis.