From one pro-choice writer:
“What makes a late abortion disturbing is that the fetus is big now–like a fully formed child. Two of my obstetrician friends, both strongly pro-choice, told me that, even when it is a mother’s life at stake and abortion is absolutely necessary, doing the D and E feels “horrible.” We imagine, as we look in the fetus’s eyes, that there is someone in there.”
Atul Gawande “Partial Truths in the Partial-Birth-Abortion Debate” Slate Jan. 30, 1998
How an abortion is performed at this time:
Abortions this late are usually performed on healthy women with healthy babies. They are legal in most states.
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