Partial Birth Abortions
What is partial-birth abortion? “Partial birth abortion is a method of late-term abortion that terminates a pregnancy and results in the death and intact removal of a fetus. ... Partial-birth abortion occurs during the last stages of pregnancy. Abortions are more and more common these days. According to the Allan Guttmacher Institute, there were over twenty-five thousand legal abortions performed in Virginia alone in the year 2000. In recent years, legislators have been trying to ban partial-birth abortions, also known as late-term abortions, saying that it is immortal and illegal. Partial-birth abortions should be banned because it is not moral and dangerous If an abortion is performed during the first trimester, which are the first thirteen weeks of pregnancy, then this is the safest route.