{"id":233692,"date":"2020-10-29T15:34:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T20:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=233692"},"modified":"2020-10-28T18:03:19","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T23:03:19","slug":"statistics-late-term-abortion-colorado-rare-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/statistics-late-term-abortion-colorado-rare-think\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistics show that late-term abortions in Colorado are not as rare as some think"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>

Coloradans are gearing up for a November 3 vote on Proposition 115, which would ban late-term abortions after 22 weeks except in cases of life-threatening danger to the mother. In their fight against the proposition, abortion advocates claim that late-term abortions in the state are rare. However, a closer look at the statistics paints a different story.<\/p>\n

Colorado is currently one of a handful of states that has no restrictions on late-term abortion, meaning these abortions can be committed up until birth. The state reports an average of 3.3 percent of late-term abortions each year, second only to New Mexico. According to Catholic News Agency<\/a>, the state typically reports between 200-300 late-term abortions each year. This is consistent with a report by the Charlotte Lozier Institute<\/a>, which found that there were 323 abortions in Colorado after 21 weeks in 2018.<\/p>\n