ACOG response to recent public rhetoric on the New York state abortion law and other discussions of “late abortion”
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As you may know, the US has recently been in the throes of an impassioned debate over abortion. There has recently been a great deal of discussion of New York’s new abortion law, and on Virginia politicians’ claims about late … Continue reading

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Thinking about abortion beyond “pro-life” and “pro-choice”
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I have been seeing so much about the New York abortion law debate that I feel almost compelled to say a few words about it. The law states that a physician “may perform an abortion when, according to the practitioner’s … Continue reading

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Only 2 clinics remain in the US to perform late-pregnancy abortion
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For some time now, there have only been 3 clinics in the United States that will perform late abortions (to read more about some late abortions, see this IJFAB blog entry on the topic). One of these, the Germantown Clinic … Continue reading

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Like and unlike: Late abortion in the case of wanted pregnancies, and miscarriage
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A recent article by Natalia Megas in The Guardian profiles three women who chose late abortions and who had very much wanted to be pregnant.  It is a moving exploration of the seriousness of abortion as a moral issue, and an important set … Continue reading

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