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Advice to Zoomers:
Skip the degree.
Get an economy ticket to LEO, a bunk on the twilight orbit habitat, and start building.
OK, fine, you can’t do that yet - maybe the next generation will…
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Peter Hague
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Peter Hague
@peterrhague
Solutionist. Astrophysics PhD and scientific software engineer. Dad of 2. Let’s colonise the solar system together. Please visit the link below to read my blog:
UK Katılım Nisan 2009
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@NLondonHousewif Yes, sending murderers to prison is a good thing. It achieves justice
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@peterrhague & do you think sending her to prison achieved anything?
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The UK has not had an abortion debate in most people’s lifetime. Elective abortions stopped at viability, medically necessary ones could be done later. Matter settled.
Now some lunatics have decided to open that can of worms by pushing an absurdly maximalist pro choice position.
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@peterrhague A woman risking her life to terminate a pregnancy at home past 24wks?
What dystopian scenario are you imagining? Someone being coerced by a violent partner? A raped child?
In what circumstances do you believe making that woman a criminal is helpful?
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@NLondonHousewif Yes or no - will a woman who performs an abortion at home after 24 weeks be arrested or prosecuted under the new law.
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@peterrhague Except full term abortion HAS NOT been legalised.
They are legal up to 23 weeks
Abortions after 24 weeks are only permitted under specific & usually horrific circumstances.
Facts are important.
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@peterrhague @ThatRecidivist Funny statement but seriously what was going on?
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Bloody hell, that must have been quite a Facebook post
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@AryanEdLargeFan Have they? As far as I can tell there is no meaningful anti-abortion movement outside a few too online weirdos. Of course, there will be one now in reaction to this…
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@peterrhague To be fair the slop right have been pushing this in the other direction with American imported drivel as well
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Marco Rubio realising he has to invent the flux capacitor so Trump can go back in time and be personally warned of an attack that happened 4 years before he was born
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FACT CHECK: The UK has NOT legalised driving cars.
People under the age of 17, and those banned from driving, will still not be legally allowed to drive. Therefore a blanket legalisation of driving has not taken place. Stop spreading misinformation!
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@AndromedaBrief I never said “unrestricted access”. The fact that you had to shift the argument midway through demonstrates you’re talking nonsense
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This is simply false and it’s exactly how misinformation spreads.
You’re claiming “abortion up to birth for any reason,” which is not what the law allows in practice. Late-term cases are still subject to strict medical criteria, specialist approval, and legal safeguards.
Self-administration doesn’t remove those realities—it doesn’t magically turn this into unrestricted access.
Reducing a complex legal and medical framework to “any reason at any time” is not just inaccurate, it’s misleading people.
Shame on you
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Bizarre attempts to nitpick this in order to downplay its severity. But it’s factually true - abortion up to birth is being made legal, provided the woman does it herself. It still being criminal to help an elective late term abortion is irrelevant.
Dr Rahmeh Aladwan@doctor_rahmeh
The UK House of Lords has just legalised abortion up to birth. Women can now end the life of their unborn baby at any stage, for any reason, without legal consequences. A truly dark day for Britain.
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@AndromedaBrief That is not true though. You’re spreading misinformation.
It will now be legal for a woman to perform a home abortion up to term for any reason she wishes.
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@peterrhague I get why this sounds serious.
But much of the reaction seems to come from misunderstanding how the law actually works in practice.
It’s more complex than it’s being presented here.
Just sharing the news.
Andromeda Brief@AndromedaBrief
The Truth Behind UK Abortion Claims A wave of viral posts is claiming that the United Kingdom has “legalised abortion up to birth.” That’s not what happened. For decades, UK law has set a clear framework: – Most abortions are allowed up to 24 weeks – After that, only in strict medical circumstances That framework still exists. So what changed? A proposed legal shift focuses on decriminalisation — meaning women would not face criminal prosecution, even in cases outside the traditional framework. This is a legal distinction, not a medical one. Doctors, regulations, and clinical limits do not suddenly disappear. But perception moves faster than law. And online, nuance is often replaced by extremes. So a complex legal adjustment becomes: “abortion at any stage, for any reason” Which is not how the system actually works. The real story isn’t about unlimited access. It’s about how law, enforcement, and public narrative are beginning to diverge. And once that gap opens — it tends to widen. #abortion #uk
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@HuntersofPutney @sappholives83 No, it is not. Why are you trying to deny it? Why not just own the pro choice position?
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@peterrhague @sappholives83 I am well aaare of your first point. Your second point is incorrect.
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I’m pro-choice, but not like this. 20 weeks is plenty of time; once a baby is viable, I believe that the safety of the mother is the only acceptable reason to abort. This law will lead to the deaths of babies who, outside of their mothers’ bodies, would have survived; babies whose nervous systems are fully developed; whose only difference between themselves and any newborn in the nursery is their location.
And if you don’t think this will lead to sex-specific abortions, you aren’t paying attention to what’s happening in British society.
Basil the Great@BasilTheGreat
🚨ABORTION UP UNTIL BIRTH - HOUSE OF LORDS VOTE - TODAY Last year one of the most horrifying laws in the history of the UK was passed Abortion Up To Birth Pregnant Women in the UK can now abort their baby for whatever reason (including the baby's sex) all the way up until birth. The Labour Government had no mandate to do this, it was not in their manifesto and it was only debated on for 46 MINUTES in Parliament before being voted through (379 votes to 137). The debate continues in the UK's second chamber, the House of Lords, today. Although the HOL cannot stop the legislation entirely they can delay it, make it difficult to pass and repeatedly kick the process back to parliament demanding more scrutiny and review This needs to happen We cannot allow this to go ahead
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@Liam_Holman99 They aren’t going to “start” because they already do it
Lois McLatchie Miller@LoisMcLatch
Sarah Catt, 35, aborted her 39-week-old (full term) baby - because she didn’t want her husband to find out she was having an affair. On Wednesday, the House of Lords will decide if this kind of action is a crime. 👇
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Anyone who says pregnant women are gonna start having abortions at 38 weeks are taking you for a mug.
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@MadelaineLucyH It’s not wholly unprecedented seeing as a literal precedent kicked off this whole thing and was specifically cited during the debate.
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Wrong.
There is NO legal pathway or clinical precedent for a healthy woman with a viable pregnancy to obtain an elective abortion at 9 months in the UK. Late-term abortions are tightly restricted and only permitted in serious medical circumstances. If she was to do this at home (wholly unprecedented) and the fetus was viable, it would come under infanticide.
Murry Jo@Murryjoe9Joe
@MadelaineLucyH This was true, it now isn't. Yesterday the House of Lords passed legislation decriminalising abortion. If a woman aborts her 39 WK 6 day old unborn child at home she'll no longer face legal reprocussions. Post 24 wks Its still illegal for medics and anyone else to help.
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@HuntersofPutney @sappholives83 Life limiting fetal anomalies were already legal to terminate in the UK. This law only expands the scope of late term abortions to include elective ones.
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@sappholives83 The gestation at which the “fetal anomaly scan” is performed in the UK is 22/40. This is the event at which parents can be given devastating news that their baby has a life-limiting condition. It can often lead to a termination. Would you really deny mothers this option?
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Look at how Orwellian this “fact check” is. It slips in the qualifier “all” which doesn’t appear in the headline, then tries to make out that decriminalising is meaningfully different in this context from legalisation. It isn’t.
What is the sense in denying what this?
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Working in the garden as the spring weather gets warmer. Had a visitor land near me
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