I am sure you would agree with
that all late term abortions should be regulated, I mean....you do don't you?
They are, in all 50 states. If you fanatics would take the time to educate yourself on the subject instead of just taking the word of other uniformed fanatics, you might be able to see that there are already laws in place to make sure, and you wouldn't be parroting the same erroneous information over and over.
Late-term abortions are very rare. About one percent of all abortions performed in the United States occur after 21 weeks. There are different definitions of what constitutes a “late term abortion,” but most definitions refer to abortions at or after 24 weeks or in the third trimester.
Late-term abortions are severely restricted by law.
In 1973, the
U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the constitutional right to privacy
extends to the decision of a woman, in consultation with her physician,
to terminate a pregnancy.
The Court also determined, however, that this right is not absolute and it must be balanced against the state’s legitimate
interest in protecting both the health of the pregnant woman and the
developing human life. Therefore, according to Roe, the state’s interest in protecting potential life
becomes compelling at the point of fetal
viability (when the fetus has the capacity for sustained survival
outside the uterus). States are allowed to, and indeed have, severely restricted access to abortion in the third-trimester, except, as the Supreme Court has ruled,
when
necessary to preserve the woman’s life or health. In subsequent cases, the Court made clear that viability is a medical
determination, which varies with each pregnancy, and that it is the
responsibility of the attending physician to make that determination.
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