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Late-Term Abortion: A Complex Moral Debate in America

There are many pro-choice advocates who don’t have a problem with early-term abortions, but who are very much disturbed by late-term and partial-birth abortions
Late-Term Abortion: A Complex Moral Debate in America
Stages of a fetus are displayed at the Illinois Right To Life table at the Freedom's Journal Institute for the Study of Faith and Public Policy 2015 Rise Initiative in Tinley Park, Ill., on July 31, 2015. Scott Olson/Getty Images
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Late-term abortions are a touchy subject, even among many of the pro-choice point of view. Even the majority in Roe v. Wade recognized that there’s a big difference, scientifically and morally, between ending a new life a couple of weeks after conception and depriving an otherwise viable infant of his or her first breath. The fact that the bright line blurred in so many states over the years is just another regretful chapter in the horror story that Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun et al. began 50 years ago.

Richard Trzupek
Richard Trzupek
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Rich Trzupek is a chemist, author and nationally recognized air quality expert. He lives in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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