During the partial birth abortion trials, there was a much discussion about late term abortions and how often they were done. The pro-choice side claimed that late term abortions by partial birth (see here) were extremely rare and only done for the most extreme of reasons.
Illinois physicians M. LeRoy Sprang and Mark G. Neerhoff :
“The vast majority [are] done not in response to extreme medical conditions but on healthy mothers and healthy fetuses.” They point out that 56 percent of partial-birth abortions are done as a result of “fetal flaws . . . some as minor as a cleft lip,” while 9 percent involve maternal health problems, “of which the most common [is] depression.”
Mary E. Williams. ed. Abortion: Opposing Viewpoints (San Diego, California: Greenhaven Press, 2002) 13
Even though partial-birth abortions aren’t done anymore, the same is true for other late-term abortions done differently today
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