I just want to note that, in many many cases, late term abortions are performed when women discover that there's serious risk to their own health should they carry their pregnancy to term, or that the baby has a fatal birth defect. I believe I've read statistics showing that 1) "late term abortion" is a very small percentage of overall abortions, and 2) the vast majority of those are for the reasons I mentioned before. Here (http://www.boston.com/news/globe/magazine/articles/2004/01/25/my_late_term_abortion/) is an article (heartwrenching) about a woman's experience with a late-term abortion which really made me think.
In any case, I think money and energy would be far better spent on providing knowledge and care to women so that they're able to choose when they wish to become pregnant, rather than whether or not they want to keep the baby -which is, I think, what most people mean when they say "safe, legal, and rare". It is (I firmly believe) the best possible solution.
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Date: 6/1/09 04:12 am (UTC)In any case, I think money and energy would be far better spent on providing knowledge and care to women so that they're able to choose when they wish to become pregnant, rather than whether or not they want to keep the baby -which is, I think, what most people mean when they say "safe, legal, and rare". It is (I firmly believe) the best possible solution.