Great thread.
I will also add that I personally went undercover into 4 late-term abortion clinics across Canada between 20-24 weeks pregnant to see how late I could get an abortion.
Each clinic said it was absolutely no problem for me to get one at the hospital after they inject the fetal heart with digoxin to kill the baby, and then the hospital would induce me to deliver the "dead fetus" (their words).
In Toronto, the abortionist said there is "no such thing as 'too far'", and was told I could have it done up until 30-32 weeks of pregnancy no problem. They didn't ask the reason, and they knew I was in perfect health as was the baby.
In fact, when I asked that if in order to get the late-term abortion, I had to prove my life was at risk, or something was wrong with the baby, the abortionist said "absolutely not" and that this type of abortion care hasn't existed since the "1960's".
These claims on late-term abortion are just false. Here are the videos:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
On top of that, in Vancouver I was told that "any pregnancy, no matter how it ends, after 20 weeks, is considered a stillbirth". Shortly after these videos came out, the Canadian Medical Journal said Canada’s stillbirth rate is “artificially high” when compared to other countries because it includes abortions past 20 weeks in the count.
They then confirmed that late-term abortions are happening in Canada, and that they are not rare.
cmaj.ca/content/198/3/E91
Here's the typical argument flow that happens on the left re: late term abortions in Canada.
- Late term abortions aren't happening (at all).
- If they are happening, they're rare.
- Not only are they rare if they're happening, but they're only happening to save the life of the mother or because she was raped.