Is abortion legal during the last month of pregnancy?

Answer 1

YES, abortion is LEGAL for the full nine months of pregnancy. I can't believe how many people said its not.

I had a class in high school called "Morality" (I attended a private Catholic school). We spent a semester studying the Roe vs. Wade case, the legality of abortion in the United States, and also the different methods. So, I can confidently say that it IS legal up until the last month of pregnancy.

For those who don't believe me, check the sources below.


(Answering this question correctly does not mean I agree with abortion by the way, so you can save your thumbs down.)

Answer 2

well, here in the Philippines abortion is illegal, even though the child is still a blood or just a few days, it already contains a heartbeat.

if you could watch a movie about abortion, I'm not sure about the title "silent cries" you will realized why abortion is prohibited in some places. While the child was still in the womb, it already was given a life. If you believe in the ten commandments that thou shall not kill, abortion is also a murder.

Imagine, you're killing someone who's innocent and unable to defend themselves? Plus throwing away, what God had given you? It is a crime.

i don't know if you're country legalizes it, but just what if you are the child in your mother's womb? would you agree that someone will stole your chance to live?

Answer 3

Im not exactly sure why your asking this, but personally speaking...
"HOLY CRAP, I REALLY HOPE NOT!!"
This is such a touchy subject in general but...

Here is the real answer:
THE "FIRST THREE MONTHS" MYTH

In its new poll, the AP presented poll respondents with this highly misleading characterization of Roe v. Wade: "The 1973 Supreme Court ruling called Roe v. Wade made abortion in the first three months of pregnancy legal."

The real Roe decision legalized abortion for any reason up to "viability." "Viability" refers to the capacity of the baby to survive independently of the mother (with technological assistance), which is reached in the latter portion of the second trimester (about five and one-half months). Roughly ten percent of all reported abortions, or approximately 130,000 a year, occur AFTER the first three months. (The Court also required states to allow abortion for "health" reasons even AFTER "viability." The Court defined "health" to include "all factors -- physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman's age -- relevant to the well-being of the patient.")

The Supreme Court itself has emphatically repudiated the "first three months" misconception again and again. For example, in the 1992 Casey ruling, the Supreme Court reaffirmed Roe v. Wade, and explicitly held that the abortion "right" applied with equal force at every point prior to "viability," adding, "We reject the trimester framework, which we do not consider to be part of the essential holding of Roe."

In the Supreme Court's most recent abortion ruling, in 2000, the Court even struck down a state ban on partial-birth abortion, which is a method used in the fifth month and later, as inconsistent with Roe v. Wade. At least 68 percent of the public favors a ban on partial-birth abortion.

Characterizing Roe as legalizing abortion "in the first three months" or "in the first trimester" was formally declared erroneous in the early 1980s by senior news executives of the Associated Press, The New York Times, and other major organs of the news media. A directive by Louis Boccardi, then executive editor of the Associated Press, dated September 4, 1981, said, "The [Roe v. Wade] decision is often misreported, even now. . . . For summary purposes, you can say the court legalized abortion in 1973. . . . Thus, it's wrong to say only that the court approved abortion in the first three months. It did that, but more." (See http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/Roe_scope_Associated_Press.pdf)

The National Desk of the New York Times specified in 1982 that "brief references to the Supreme Court's 1973 decision on abortion should say simply that the Court legalized abortion," because "the phrase 'in the first three months of pregnancy' might be incorrectly interpreted to mean that abortions in the last six months of pregnancy remain illegal." (See http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/Roe_scope_New_York_Times.pdf)

The "first three months" error has appeared several times in the Washington Post over the last couple of years, and has been the subject of at least two corrections. On the other hand, a sidebar by a Washington Post medical writer summarized the real scope of Roe v. Wade with admirable clarity. Read it here:
http://www.nrlc.org/abortion/Roe_scope_Washington_Post.pdf

Answer 4

I'm not sure why everyone is attacking you (it's just as likely you could just be curious, working on homework, etc.), but some are just too self-righteous to see past themselves.

No, abortion is not legal in the 9th month. In fact, in several states a law is in place stating that if a pregnant woman is murdered and her fetus is considered viable (able to survive) outside the womb, the killer could be charged not only for murdering the woman, but her unborn child as well.

I believe Bush outlawed the partial-birth abortion (performed in late pregnancy), but I could be wrong about that. Try Google or Wikipedia for some (anti-flaming) info.

Answer 5

No, it can only be done within the first three months of pregnancy. Why would you want to kill a baby even if you have the power to do so? You have to take what life gives you.

Answer 6

It's not usally legal beyond the first three months. It's certainly not legal if the foetus is developed enough to survive outside the womb. My sister was born after eight months.

Answer 7

EVERY single person who answered this question ASSUMED the person asking this question is pregnant and wanting to abort the baby in the last month of pregnancy.

Stop making assumptions and simply answer the question!

People are VERY quick to assume, judge and become holier than thou. Check yourself people!

Answer 8

Full term is at 38 weeks. So I assume you mean around 34 weeks or so. At that age of gestation the fetus is able to survive delivery. You cannot call it abortion at that age, the correct term would be premature delivery.

Answer 9

I don't know if it's illegal but it's too dangerous. Because at that time the baby will be too big to make an abortion.

Answer 10

No. We don't need to go overboard with the "Ewwww" and "It's murder..." stuff. And for all of you advocating adoption, there are FAR more children waiting for adoption right now than there are people who will adopt them. Abortion in the last (ninth) month is illegal, period.