In New York City, where about two in five pregnancies are terminated, there will no longer be any presumption of humanity for the baby at any stage. But one survey puts the share of Americans who support abortion during the third trimester at 13 percent.
I have been reasonably at ease with President Clinton’s 1996 call for making abortion “safe, legal and rare,” but had hoped we’d seriously pursue that goal through better information and limit abortion to the first trimester. But the pro-choice side has resisted many attempts to educate. Activists have opposed laws requiring that pregnant women have the option of viewing a sonogram before their abortion. They’ve also thwarted attempts to make adoption resources available at abortion clinics.
What are they afraid of? That someone may change her mind?
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