{"id":291021,"date":"2023-05-18T12:37:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T17:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=291021"},"modified":"2023-05-18T15:20:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T20:20:47","slug":"third-trimester-abortion-any-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/third-trimester-abortion-any-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Any particular reason’: What the media doesn’t say about third-trimester abortions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Efforts have been made in recent years \u2014 and especially since the fall of Roe v. Wade<\/em> \u2014 to claim that “abortion up to birth” is a false idea that never (or almost never) occurs. While abortion extremely late in pregnancy is a small percentage of abortions in the U.S. given that most are committed earlier in pregnancy, several states have laws that place zero limits<\/em> on gestational age for abortion \u2014 and more abortion facilities are offering abortion into the third trimester of pregnancy.<\/p>\n

Third-trimester abortions are committed past 30 weeks of pregnancy in multiple facilities across the country with some advertised as being carried out for no ‘particular reason.’ In addition, at least six states<\/strong> and the District of Columbia now permit abortions to be committed with no gestational limitations<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

A 2022\u00a0report<\/a> authored by Katrina Kimport, who is associated with the pro-abortion Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH), claimed<\/a>\u00a0that data accessed in September of 2021 by ANSIRH’s abortion facility database<\/a>\u00a0revealed that there are only four<\/em> facilities that publicly advertise offering abortions after 24 weeks LMP. However, a review by Live Action News indicates that third-trimester abortions are advertised on abortion business websites in multiple locations, and some will commit abortions for any reason whatsoever.<\/p>\n

Multiple abortion locations commit abortions into the third trimester<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Dupont Clinic website<\/a> in Washington, D.C., advertises late abortion after 26 weeks of pregnancy; however, the facility’s drop-down menu claims it will commit late abortions up to 31 weeks 6 days of pregnancy<\/em>. That is nearly 32 weeks.<\/p>\n

“If you are 26 weeks or later into your pregnancy, we can still see you, regardless of your medical history, background, or fetal indications. We do not require any particular ‘reason’ to be seen here<\/strong> \u2013 if you would like to terminate your pregnancy, we support you in that decision,” the website states. (emphasis added)<\/p>\n

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Dupont Clinic late abortions 26 to 31 weeks for any reason 05\/12\/2023<\/p><\/div>\n

In October of last year, DuPont Clinic announced<\/a> plans to expand to California as an “all-trimester” facility, writing on Twitter<\/a>, “The need for all-trimester abortion care has never been greater.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udce3 DuPont Clinic is thrilled to announce that we are expanding to Los Angeles, California! We plan to open Fall 2023 under the leadership of @famplanObGyn<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The need for all-trimester abortion care has never been greater.\ud83e\uddf5 pic.twitter.com\/JU6ddolaad<\/a><\/p>\n

— DuPont Clinic (@DupontClinic) October 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n