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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Serious question. Before the recent Court decision, 43 states had laws that limited late term abortion to some version of “only to protect the life of the mother.” Only seven states, plus DC have (and will continue to have) unlimited late term abortion. There are now some states that will choose to impose that same standard at an earlier point in the pregnancy.

Setting aside the “right to choose” argument for the moment, these states have decades of experience enforcing the “health of the mother” exception late in pregnancy. Is there evidence that women died because of the late term abortion restriction? Not medical malpractice — a woman was diagnosed with a life threatening complication and she died because no one would risk performing an abortion?  What is the difference between applying the standard late in pregnancy vs. earlier? Haven’t Doctors been making these judgments for years?

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Late term abortions are really rare, so probably not. Plus when the pregnancy threatens a woman’s health late in the game, delivery is an option. [/quote]

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