Originally Posted by
WolfpackMom
It wouldnt be free, it just wouldnt be from taxed earnings. Furthermore, this prevents women from using an HSA account for cases when its known that the baby will not survive (Trisomy 18?). I understand the pro-life perspective, but in cases where the baby is not going to survive, I dont understand wanting to put a mother through the torment of carrying that pregnancy to term.
ETA: I would also like to point that there are women on this board who have had that experience, of an unviable pregnancy, and its a bit of a slap in the face to term that they just thought the baby was an "inconvenience." Maybe try to keep the cheering to a level thats a little more cognizant of others. I am quite sure we can all express our opinions without slamming others.
OT but Im responding to your statement about Trisomy 18 babies not surviving. They can and do survive birth. Not all parents choose to abort them. They choose to allow happen what what happens. Its a horrible situation to know you are carrying a child that may not survive birth or its first year but is it less terrible than aborting it before giving it a chance?
THIS IS ONLY in response to you stating a Trisomy 18 baby will not live.
Jeana, Momma to 4 fantastic sons
Everything happens for a reason, sometimes the reason is you're stupid and make bad decisions