The politics of abortion surge to forefront of 2020 debate
(World News Science)

OPINION — It’s the worst day of your life. You’ve been told that your unborn baby is dying inside of you and you are presented with two horrible options: medically induce labor to deliver her early or carry the dangerous pregnancy to term, when your baby will suffocate outside of your womb. At that gruesome moment, your state representative, a 63-year-old part-time farmer, walks into the exam room and tells you what he thinks you should do. If you choose anything else, you and your doctor could both be prosecuted for murder. It seems absurd, but welcome to Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and nearly a dozen other states where a series of laws have passed or are being...