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Originally posted by Not Me
Most 3rd trimester abortions are not done to save the life of the mother.
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Most statistics like this are hackneyed and twisted.
3rd trimester abortions are few and far between, despite attempts to create outrageous statistics by including every third semester d&c out there (that is a more readily available statistic, and, unfortunately, there are many that are involuntary - because the baby has died). It's difficult to track the reasons for them, and I'm unaware of any meaningful data on the point.
Working off pure experience with no claims to a scientific basis, I expect that there are a healthy number of late term abortions relating to babies being diagnosed with downs or some other significant medical issue, and they occur this late because the diagnosis wasn't done until late in the term. I have, on the other hand, not heard of many late-term abortions of the "birth control" kind, resulting from mere delay, and am suspicious of data that says otherwise.
