[user104658]

The problem is that there's a common misperception surrounding the "up to 24 weeks" issue... people think that there's a uniform distribution up to that point which just isn't true. Late stage abortions ARE a moral grey area, however, the facts are:

- 80% of abortions are before 10 weeks.

- 91% are first trimester (before 13 weeks)

- 99% are before 16 weeks


An already very very small number of abortions take place after 16 weeks, and after 20 weeks is almost never anyway. There really isn't actually any practical problem in real terms. It's just a moral foot-stomping area in politics... getting outraged about "swathes" of late stage abortions - something that isn't actually happening.

[sungrass]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

The problem is that there's a common misperception surrounding the "up to 24 weeks" issue... people think that there's a uniform distribution up to that point which just isn't true. Late stage abortions ARE a moral grey area, however, the facts are:

- 80% of abortions are before 10 weeks.

- 91% are first trimester (before 13 weeks)

- 99% are before 16 weeks


An already very very small number of abortions take place after 16 weeks, and after 20 weeks is almost never anyway. There really isn't actually any practical problem in real terms. It's just a moral foot-stomping area in politics... getting outraged about "swathes" of late stage abortions - something that isn't actually happening.

Yes it only happens if the mother hasn't been going for regular scans and then when she does because she is really showing - they pick up fatal fetal abnormality's - its not something someone decides to do at that point. Its a medical emergency.