Late Term Abortion Research Paper

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In terms of life and death, the government has no say. Abortion is already a taxing ordeal on the mother and her family, and forcing them to choose the baby over the mother isn’t fair. A fetus isn’t sentient while it’s in the womb, and claiming otherwise shows a lack of understanding of how life works. Because of these reasons, the choice of a late term abortion is a decision that should be made by the mother, and her alone.
Abortions within the first trimester are available for any female that wishes to terminate her pregnancy, and late term abortions are legal but only if they are sanctioned by a doctor that recommends it. The argument for outlawing any form of late-term abortion is that a woman has the chance to kill her child, even while

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