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See, there's that thing about words having meaning. "Myth" means something doesn't actually exist. This does, by your admission. The words "not much would change" means that yes, these things occasionally happen, but since we're playing with statistics, it's not meaningful. The problem is that you are talking about people living and dying. In 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a total of 625,978 abortions from 46 states and Washington, DC - so, by your admission, approximately 6000 abortions occurred in the final trimester. That's why we need reasonable laws.

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And why are they performed in the final trimester? Probably because the fetus has been discovered to be non- viable or there is a major complication threatening the mother's life ( infection, uncontrolled high blood pressure, etc). That's why we need exceptions for the health of the mother.

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Then you would induce labor? Or perform a C section? Why an abortion when both can possibly be saved?

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Perhaos the baby was found to have anomalies or was dying from the mother's illness also. During covid, many csections were performed

prematurely to save

the baby when the

mother was critically ill or dying of covid.

The majority of COVID-19-infected women who died had cesarean section (58.3%), 25% had a vaginal delivery, and 16.7% of patients were not full term.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/GMA/Wellness/mom-meets-son-98-days-giving-birth-battling/story%3fid=83495416

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We already agree on issues regarding the health of the mother. But with 42,000+ abortions performed after the first trimester, we need to wonder about the motivations there. How many are medical versus cosmetic or for convenience. The mantra seems to be "for any reason or no reason" - which I can accept in the first trimester, but beyond that, no.

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Maybe someone should do a study.

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