Reply #106: Abortion is illegal in the 3rd Trimester....The only reason any procedure

[Pachamama]

...that is defined as abortion would ever be performed on a 3rd Trimester Fetus would be if the Fetus was a) already dead b)severely deformed and would most likely die during or after childbirth c) threatens the life of the mother.

Hopefully you wouldn't be someone who would advocate preventing a doctor from performing these procedures if they were necessary to save the life of the mother. This is exactly what Congress and the Senate did when they passed the incorrectly named "Partial Birth Abortion Ban" (otherwise known as Dilation and Extraction) that is used in these instances (which are very, very rare). Which is why it didn't hold up in courts because it interfered with a woman's right to choice and to protection of her health and the doctors decision to perform any necessary procedure to adhere to such.