{"id":196082,"date":"2019-02-08T05:28:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T11:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=196082"},"modified":"2019-03-02T19:12:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T01:12:57","slug":"why-women-late-term-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/why-women-late-term-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Why women have late-term abortions, according to the abortion industry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The media has been dutifully trotting out abortion “experts” to claim that women don’t abort for simple reasons late in pregnancy. These “experts” — some of them late-term abortionists — have repeatedly stated that women abort later because of fetal anomalies and because of threats to the mother’s life and health. But what does the research on this actually say? Well… it says the opposite, actually. And this research isn’t from the pro-life side.<\/em><\/p>\n

A 1988 Guttmacher study<\/a> noted that\u00a0only 2% of women seek late-term abortions because of a fetal abnormality.\u00a0Pro-abortion researcher Diana Greene Foster has stated, according to a report<\/a> from the Congressional Research Service, that abortions for fetal abnormalities “make up a small minority of later abortion.” Foster’s\u00a02013 study published by the Guttmacher Institute states<\/a>, “data suggest that most women seeking later terminations are not doing so for reasons of fetal anomaly or life endangerment.” In addition, a 2010 paper<\/a> from Julia Steinberg with the pro-abortion Bixby Center for Global Health states, “Research suggests that the overwhelming majority of women having later abortions do so for reasons other than fetal anomaly<\/strong> (Drey et al., 2006; Finer et al., 2005, 2006; Foster et al., 2008).” The Guttmacher Institute is a pro-abortion research organization, a “special affiliate” of Planned Parenthood<\/a> which was named after a Planned Parenthood president who was a staunch advocate for forced population control<\/a>.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Why do women get late-term abortions?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ibis Reproductive Health<\/a>, a pro-abortion group with at least one abortionist as a senior advisor<\/a>, has the mission of “driv[ing] change through bold, rigorous research and principled partnerships that advance sexual and reproductive autonomy, choices, and health worldwide,” also\u00a0notes<\/a> that of women aborting later in pregnancy, only “a small percentage” are “performed due to maternal and\/or fetal indicators.” The group states that women’s reasons are frequently “[n]ot knowing about and\/or having access to services; personal, financial, and other circumstances; and structural and legal issues like state bans on insurance coverage.”<\/p>\n

“Abortions performed due to maternal and\/or fetal indicators are a small percentage of the abortions done later in pregnancy<\/strong>,” Ibis points out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Southwestern Women’s Options, a well-known late-term abortion facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, advertises second and third trimester abortions on its website, offering “Abortions through 32 weeks” with no caveats. The only “exceptions” listed here are after 32 weeks, which are apparently \u00a0decided “on a Case by Case Basis,.” See a website screenshot below:<\/p>\n

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Screenshot via Southwestern Women’s Option website (southwesternwomens.com), advertising third trimester abortions through 32 weeks, and after, on a “case by case basis”<\/p><\/div>\n

Late-term abortionists have also backed up what pro-abortion research shows, stating that the majority of their late-term abortions are not done for reasons of maternal life or health, or for fetal indications<\/a>. In his 1990 book titled, “Abortion Practice,” Colorado late-term abortionist Warren Hern admits<\/a>, \u201cAt times, medical considerations enter into the picture, but decisions are usually made on the basis of such factors as desire or lack of desire for parenthood, stability of relationships, educational status, emotional status, or economic status, among others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note, 3\/2\/19: This post was updated with more information about studies noting reasons for late-term abortions.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The media has been dutifully trotting out abortion “experts” to claim that women don’t abort for simple reasons late in pregnancy. These “experts” — some of them late-term abortionists — have repeatedly stated that women abort later because of fetal anomalies and because of threats to the mother’s life and health. 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