# Right-to-Lifers: How Does Miscarriage Fit In?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-to-lifers-how-does-miscarriage-fit-in/236574>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 26, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-to-lifers-how-does-miscarriage-fit-in/236574 "2004-03-26T14:58:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-to-lifers-how-does-miscarriage-fit-in/236574/21 "2004-03-28T02:07:26Z")

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Wasn’t that the case under Ceausescu-miscarriages were investigated to make sure they weren’t induced by the invididual to terminate the pregnancy?

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**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-to-lifers-how-does-miscarriage-fit-in/236574/22 "2004-03-28T19:24:30Z")

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What about a pregnant woman who goes on a fairground ride with a warning to pregnant women/heart patients etc not to ride, and miscarries?

What about a seven months pregnant woman who goes skiing and has a fall and miscarries?

What about a two months pregnant woman who had been trying for a baby for some time with her partner, but _did not yet know she was pregnant_, who goes skiing and has a fall and miscarries?

What about a young girl that got raped and pregnant, and turned to drugs and alcohol to obliterate her pain, and miscarried or had a stillbirth?

I mean - in the end - where does it end?

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**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/right-to-lifers-how-does-miscarriage-fit-in/236574/23 "2004-03-28T23:17:39Z")

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There’s an old adage. “Hard cases make bad law.”

Most pro-lifers would love to just reduce the number of abortions performed for the sake of the mother’s convenience, which is the vast majority of them.

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