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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ElwoodBlues · M

The Roe v Wade rule was that abortions are illegal after the point where the fetus can survive outside the womb (assuming all best NICU care etc). That's a moving target, and these days for a healthy fetus it's around 26-27 weeks? Anyway, as you say, late term abortions are for non-survivable (such as ectopic) or dead fetuses that threaten the life of the mother.

Interesting info on who is getting abortions when. 92% occur in the first trimester; they are very rare beyond the 2nd trimester.