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#69 ¥ @Samo ¥ “I would vote for anything that bans late term abortions (month 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10) without good cause”
NFBW: I agree with what you wrote there in post00069 on abortion: except your use of the phrase “late term abortions” needs correction if you are interested in precise use of language. See *1
You believe America was founded as a Christian Nation if I’ve read a couple of your posts correctly.
Based on that baseline of your ideology, which I do not agree with you at all on that: do you think the congregants of Black Christian Churches in America are great Americans even though they (a) generally have good reason to believe that America was NOT founded as a Christian nation and (b) nine out of ten if not more black church goers voted for the winner of the 2020 election and our current president and they did not vote for the good Christian Trump?
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- “Late-term abortion” is an inaccurate phrase used to describe second-trimester abortions, between week 13 and 26 of pregnancy.
- Second-trimester abortions make up fewer than 10% of abortions in the U.S.
- Second-trimester abortions are always performed in a medical facility under the supervision of a trained provider.
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Second-trimester abortions have been inaccurately called “late-term abortions.” But that’s a confusing term because the medical definition of “late term” refers to pregnancy — not abortion. Keep reading to learn about abortions that happen after the first trimester of pregnancy.
Is there a difference between late-term and second-term abortions?
“Late-term” and “second-term” abortions both refer to the same thing: abortions that happen after the first term, in the second trimester of a pregnancy.
Pregnancy is often described in three segments called trimesters:
- First trimester: conception through week 12
- Second trimester: week 13 to 26 of pregnancy
- Third trimester: week 27 until the end of pregnancy, anywhere from 38 to 42 weeks for a full-term delivery
“Late-term” is a medical term used to describe the very end of a pregnancy, after it has reached “full term,” from week 41 onward. Abortions can’t and don’t happen in these late stages of pregnancy.
So, you can see how describing second-term abortions as “late-term” abortions is misleading and imprecise. In fact, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) has made it clear that a “late-term abortion”
has no medical meaning.
What percentage of abortions are late-term (second-term) abortions?
According to data from the
CDC, the vast majority, or 91%, of abortions take place during the first trimester of pregnancy. Of the remaining 9% of abortions that happen after the first trimester:
- 7.7% happen between weeks 14 and 20
- 1.2% happen at or after week 21
Second-term abortions require specialized care, and only
16% of abortion providers in the U.S. offer services up until week 24 of pregnancy. There are
43 states with laws that restrict how far into pregnancy an abortion can be provided. The latest point in pregnancy that you can have an abortion in the U.S. is 24 weeks.
Abortions in the third trimester are extremely rare and happen only in extreme circumstances, usually when there are fetal problems that aren’t compatible with
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