The procedure often called a late-term abortion has caused controversy in state legislatures around the country – and could be a major issue in the 2020 race.
What Lawmakers (And The Rest Of Us) Get Wrong About ‘Late-Term’ Abortions
In 2016, Jezebel spoke to a woman who received the procedure. She had an abortion at 32 weeks, and she was told that her baby was “incompatible with life.” “To be clear, if the doctors thought there was any way he might make it, I would have taken that chance. I truly would have put myself through anything. What I came to accept was the fact that I would never get to be this little guy’s mother—that if we came to term, he would likely live a very short time until he choked and died, if he even made it that far. This was a no-go for me. I couldn’t put him through that suffering when we had the option to minimize his pain as much as possible,” she said.