Late abortions are rare. The US just lost a clinic that offered the procedure for over 50 years
Late abortions are rare. The US just lost a clinic that offered the procedure for over 50 years
To fellow travelers, Hannah Brehm likely looked like she was taking a belated babymoon well into her third trimester.
But she and her husband had received a crushing diagnosis: Their baby’s brain was not developing properly, upending their wanted pregnancy. Medical experts warned moving forward would likely mean her son would know only pain and suffering. The Minnesota couple wasn’t going to take that chance.
Instead, they went to Colorado, where for decades the Boulder Abortion Clinic served as a resource for women who looked to terminate their pregnancies in the second or third trimester because of medical reasons, like Brehm, or other circumstances.
After more than 50 years, that clinic quietly closed last month, leaving the U.S. with just a handful that offer abortions after 28 weeks into pregnancy — many on a case-by-case basis.
They're not done for funsies
These are vital medical procedures, performed by talented professionals, in the event of dire need
If you don't want an abortion, then don't have one
Nobody else gets a fucking say in a anyone's bodily autonomy
Even if they WERE done for funsies (which, like you said,they're not), they'd just be early c sections. Nobody just kills an embryo if both it and the pregnant person could reasonably survive.
Yep, and it is still fundamentally the choice of nobody but the person carrying the foetus