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title: "The claim that most late term abortions are performed due to severe…"
date: 2021-08-18
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships shared a link.
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# The claim that most late term abortions are performed due to severe…

*August 18, 2021 · Facebook*

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[https://www.bpas.org/media/2027/late-abortion-report-v02.pdf](https://www.bpas.org/media/2027/late-abortion-report-v02.pdf){target="_blank"}
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The claim that most late term abortions are performed due to severe fetal anomalies and/or to save the life of the mother appears to be untrue.\
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\"The Guttmacher Institute did a survey of a large number of women who had late term abortions and found:\
-Only about one percent of second- and third-trimester abortions are performed for fetal anomalies\
-One-third (31%) of the women surveyed said that they misjudged how far along they were\
-One-fourth (27%) said that they found it hard to arrange an earlier abortion\
-14% said that they were afraid to tell their parents or their "partner"\
-The rest gave reasons such as taking their time to decide or waiting for a change in their relationship.\
[https://www.guttmacher.org/\.../induced-abortion-united](https://www.guttmacher.org/.../induced-abortion-united){target="_blank"}\...\
Also, the BPAS study found similar results:\
[https://www.bpas.org/media/2027/late-abortion-report-v02.pdf](https://www.bpas.org/media/2027/late-abortion-report-v02.pdf){target="_blank"}
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