Abortion Controversy, The | Late-Term Abortions Should Not Be Banned

Claudia Crown Ades discovered in her 26th week of pregnancy that the baby she desperately wanted was doomed by extensive damage to the brain, heart, and internal organs.

Mary-Dorothy Line learned at 19 weeks that there was no hope for her pregnancy. The skull of her fetus had filled with fluid in place of a developed brain.

And then there’s Vikki Stella. In her 32nd week of pregnancy, an ultrasound determined that something was terribly wrong. Testing ultimately confirmed nine major anomalies, including a fluid-filled cranium with no brain tissue at all. A diabetic,...

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