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Late Term abortions. I hear the conservative right using this as a moral stick with which to beat the left. How DARE they allow late term abortion?!

...Well what do you think a late term abortion is? Think about it for a moment...
Do you think a woman is carrying her pregnancy to 6 or 8 months and saying " Actually no, i don't want this baby, i'll have an abortion" ?

No.
If a woman is carrying a pregnancy that far likely wants that child or at least intends to carry it to term.
Late term abortions occur in cases where either there are unsurvivable defects to the developing child or life threatening complications for the mother.

So my question: Under those circumstances, how can you reasonably and ethically object to the legality of late term abortions?
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Askeladd · 31-35, M
Do you think a woman is carrying her pregnancy to 6 or 8 months and saying " Actually no, i don't want this baby, i'll have an abortion" ?
Yes


Late term abortions occur in cases where either there are unsurvivable defects to the developing child or life threatening complications for the mother.
It’s okay under these circumstances.
@Askeladd

I wouldn't be so arrogant as to say that, that NEVER happens, but under the already tiny fraction of pregnancies that are aborted after 20 weeks, do you think it is COMMON that the woman has just decided they'd rather not have the baby after all?

Do you think it is common that a woman undergoes all the health risks, permanent changes to her body, financial preparation, psychological turmoil and stress right up to where she is almost ready to give birth.....and then says " Nahh, i'd rather not, actually" ?
trollslayer · 46-50, M
@Pikachu i wish askdad could post an example of where it did happen. If the mother is post ~25 weeks, and the baby healthy, the dr won’t perform an abortion. The only time this happens after ~25 weeks is if there is a problem with the baby.
@trollslayer

Exactly.
This is a medical necessity, not a whim.