One of my good friends found out that their baby had suffered a serious issue and was no longer going to live at just past 4 months. She was heartbroken- had a name picked out, working on a nursery, planning a shower. She had to have an abortion despite the baby being very much wanted because it was not capable of living outside of the womb. It was incredibly tough for her- I cannot imagine how much harder it would be if she had to wait to actually deliver or wait for the fetus to start making her seriously ill before getting medical health. I feel like people who oppose late term abortion do not understand much about how pregnancy works.

I used to work in pediatric emergency preparedness. The important thing to know when you’re talking “beds” in this sense is that it’s not about physical furniture, it’s about staffing and equipment. 1 bed = x skilled staff (nurses and docs) + y equipment (pediatric capable ventilators etc- many adult vents can’t be used for pediatric patients) and other considerations. Many large hospitals will only have a handful of pediatric critical care beds.