by Zoë Pollock
Marina Adshade claims that second trimester abortions will always be higher in the US than in other countries because abortions for low-income American women aren't subsidized by the federal government:
42% of women having abortions live on an income that falls below the federal poverty level – they are making less than the $208 per week needed to pay for the basic necessities of life – and 53% of women having abortions between weeks 16 and 20 gestation are women in this low income bracket. Among women who both had second trimester abortions, and would have preferred to have one earlier in the pregnancy, 36% said the delay was caused by a need to raise the enough money to pay for the procedure.
She elaborated in a follow-up post.
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