This map shows the current availability of abortions in the United States. Obviously many late term surgical abortions without any medical necessity are in fact happening in the states that allow it. (But for some reason according to a gynecologist Debbie McNabb it is a “complete falsehood” that abortions up until the moment of birth are happening in the states with no gestation limit.)
I saw this dishonest article on the Yahoo website that originated on the “Business Insider” website that makes numerous false claims about the abortion issue, saying that “abortion on demand” and “abortion up until birth” are “terrible lies” and “complete falsehoods.”
The article interviews a retired gynecologist Debbie McNabb who said that medical emergencies may prompt a doctor to abort a fetus for the mother’s safety, but “it’s not the same as abortion that’s allowed up to the moment of birth.” However her claim is not true at all, in some states abortion is allowed up until the moment of birth, where it is allowed whenever the mother simply wishes it to be done.
She then dismissed the idea that any woman would do that on a whim and even said it is a complete falsehood:
“Like, ‘oh, I’m going to file my fingernails and smoke a cigarette, and then I’ll go in when I’m in labor and have an abortion.’ That’s just crazy, but that’s what the Republicans are saying, ‘Abortion up to the moment of birth’ is a complete falsehood.”
The article then gives CDC statistics saying that about 80% of abortions happen before 9 weeks gestation, and about 93% happen at before 13 weeks gestation.
It is true that later surgical abortions and partial-birth abortions aren’t as common, but it is certainly a lie to say that it is a “complete falsehood” that women don’t have such abortions on a whim. There are a lot of crazy people out in the world, especially in the states that allow late term abortions.
Most pro-choice activists want late term abortions to be allowed in cases that are just for the sake of convenience. For example, in 2021 the Democrats attempted to pass legislation known as the “Abortion on Demand Until Birth Act,” which imposes on-demand abortion until birth, removes nearly all pro-life protections for the unborn, and abolishes laws preventing late-term abortions.
Personally I support the availability of morning-after pills if they are taken in the presence of a doctor, and the availability of later surgical abortions for legitimate medical reasons.
The end of the article warns about supposed consequences of voting for Republicans in the upcoming election, saying that Republicans intend to write legislation declaring fertilized eggs as persons and instituting a nation-wide abortion ban. Unfortunately, perhaps many of such candidates will actually have such an agenda. Since the same political Establishment controls all sides, obviously such an extreme agenda would be a calculated move on its part in order the stifle the potential of a massive exodus of Democrat voters over to the Republican side that would happen otherwise. See this article talking about such issues.