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A former late-term abortion nurse speaks out

May 27, 2020/0 Comments/in Later Abortion /by Monica Snyder

Warren Hern is one of the few people in the United States who openly performs abortions even after 24 weeks gestation. He performs abortions in Colorado, one of a handful of states that have no gestational limits on abortion — that is, it is legal to perform abortion for any reason at any point in […]

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Making Sense of Arizona’s Late-Term Abortion Statistics

May 31, 2019/0 Comments/in Later Abortion, Research /by Kara Balogova

[Update December 2022: Here is a video summary of this blog post. Scroll past the video to see a written version of the same concepts.]   Above: a 28-week-old baby I don’t know about you, but I often use the data brought to my attention by the SPL blog post “More evidence that most late-term […]

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Master post: 21+ week abortions usually aren’t medically necessary

February 26, 2019/0 Comments/in Later Abortion, Research /by Monica Snyder

[Update 10/28/22: We have moved these resources to a landing page here. Going forward any additional resources will be added to the landing page, rather than this blog post.] Despite conventional wisdom, there’s zero quantifiable data to support the idea that all or even most late-term abortions are medically necessary. Defining our terms. First, the […]

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Dear Hillary Clinton: late-term abortions are *not* “almost always” medically necessary.

February 12, 2019/0 Comments/in Later Abortion /by Monica Snyder

On September 20, 2015, HRC appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation” and stated: I think that the kind of late-term abortions that take place are because of medical necessity. And, therefore, I would hate to see the government interfering with that decision.  FactCheck.org took Clinton to task for this claim [emphasis added]: A spokesman for […]

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Responding to 8 common pro-choice claims about late-term abortion.

February 1, 2019/0 Comments/in Later Abortion, Research /by Monica Snyder

In the wake of New York’s Reproductive Health Act, I’ve seen a lot of pro-choice assertions about late-term abortion that I’d like to address here. 1. Pro-lifers actually think New York legalized abortion up until birth! It’s ridiculous. No one is legalizing abortion into the ninth month. The Reproductive Health Act allows abortion for any reason up […]

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Virginia delegate presents a bill allowing abortion in all 9 months for mental health

January 30, 2019/in Later Abortion, Legislation, laws, & court cases /by Monica Snyder

(This information also available as a Facebook post here.) Pro-choice people can’t believe we would suggest that certain abortion laws legalize abortion for non-physical reasons all the way up until birth. But here is video of Virginia Delegate Kathy Tran stating that is exactly what her proposed bill would do. Partial transcript below. (Chairman) Gilbert: […]

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Is Gosnell America’s “Biggest Serial Killer”?

October 24, 2018/0 Comments/in Later Abortion /by Monica Snyder

This post contains quotes, summaries, and descriptions from the grand jury report regarding Kermit Gosnell. Much of this information is very disturbing, including graphic descriptions of violence. NBC published a review of the Gosnell movie by Robin Marty. She didn’t like the film. In particular she took exception to the moniker “America’s Biggest Serial Killer,” saying: […]

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Even third trimester abortions are done for non-medical reasons.

September 10, 2018/0 Comments/in Later Abortion /by Monica Snyder

We’ve written before (part 1, part 2) about how most late-term abortions are elective, i.e. performed for non-medical reasons (maternal or fetal). The data we’ve been able to find looks at abortions after the first trimester but doesn’t get specific about third trimester abortions. It may not even be possible to find quantifiable data on […]

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Late term abortion and pro-choice ableism

February 6, 2017/0 Comments/in Ableism, Later Abortion /by Monica Snyder

In the UK, abortion is legal up to 24 weeks typically—but in cases where the fetus has disabilities, the woman can obtain abortion at any time throughout pregnancy. Recently a UK lawmaker with disabilities, Lord Kevin Shinkwin, spoke out about this double standard: I can see from the trends in abortion on grounds of disability […]

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More evidence that most late-term abortions are elective

December 16, 2016/0 Comments/in Later Abortion /by LN

Two months ago I wrote the post “No, most late-term abortions are not medically necessary,” in which I used Guttmacher data to show that at least 75% of 13+ week abortions are elective (that is, they are not performed due to fetal or maternal health concerns). I said: One could argue that the proportion of […]

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