In light of the recent assassination, by a member of a right wing Christian anti-abortion cabal, of a physician who specialized in late term abortions, it may be worth having a look this medical phenomenon.
Well, my blog colleague Monado contacted me a week ago or so and we discussed this, and I felt that she should write up what she had, since she had done some research. I would then hope that my readers who are interested in this will go and have a look at her post.
The bottom line is that third trimester abortions are done for a diverse set of reasons, and a lot of what is said in the public debate is not accurate.
Have a look at "What causes third-trimester abortions?" at Science Notes.
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Are you kidding me, humorix? Did you not actually do any reading?
Oh, that's right: The likes of you don't actuall educate yourselves. You just spew idiocy.
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