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Recent media coverage on later abortion

What would it mean to defend all abortions?
Littlefield, Amy
May 13, 2025 ...read more
Pregnancy gestational duration limits and bans on abortion are harmful
Society of Family Planning
May 14, 2024 ...read more
A safe haven for late abortions
Shannon M
February 5, 2024 ...read more
Florida’s Legal Showdown Over Viability Could Threaten Future Abortion Advocacy
Henderson G
November 14, 2023 ...read more
Abortion any time isn't just a rallying cry-It's true reproductive freedom
Mendola TS
August 21, 2023 ...read more
Are Blue States Ready To Relax Their Bans On Later Abortions?
Thomson-DeVeaux A
January 30, 2023 ...read more
Henrico woman shares story of 23-week abortion amid restriction debate
Pauly M
January 19, 2023 ...read more
These parts of the Reproductive Freedom Act aren’t popular. Here’s why we support them
Star-Ledger Editorial Board
December 5, 2021 ...read more
Texas can ban common form of second-trimester abortion, appeals court rules
Paybarah A
August 18, 2021 ...read more
Helping women who are having the worst moment of their lives should not be controversial
Hern W
July 5, 2021 ...read more

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Recent research

Abortion Provision at New York State Regional Perinatal Centers Following Implementation of the Reproductive Health Act
Women's Health Issues, Feb 2025
Author(s): Krishna GR, Kohn J, Bleck R, Westoff CL
Management of blood loss in second-trimester abortion
Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dec 2024
Author(s): Kaur S, Markwei MT, Shaw KA
Aftercare following second trimester abortion procedures
Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dec 2024
Author(s): Spach NC, Henkel A
The impact of the SB 8 Texas abortion ban on pregnancy duration at time of abortion in a large volume Colorado clinic
Contraception, Oct 2024
Author(s): Dindinger E, Coleman-Minahan K, Sheeder J, Fang N
Changes in Availability of Later Abortion Care Before and After Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
Obstetrics & Gynecology, Oct 2024
Author(s): Berglas NF, Schroeder R, Kaller S, Stewart C, Upadhyay U
Study: Starting Second-Trimester Abortions at Home Safely Reduces Hospital Time
JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association, Oct 2024
Author(s): Anderer S
Surgical abortion service reorganization in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a unique experience of attending second trimester D&E procedures under spinal anesthesia as emergency procedures
Frontiers in Reproductive Health, Sep 2024
Author(s): Sium A, Grentzer J, Lucero-Prisno DE, Prager S

About the Initiative

The Later Abortion Initiative (LAI), a project of Ibis Reproductive Health, will change the conversation around later abortion and the women who need this service. LAI particularly focuses on the increased stigma, challenges and barriers for women who need abortions after 18 weeks.

A note on terminology and “late-term abortion”

The terminology used to discuss abortions after the first trimester varies enormously. There is no agreement in the law or in the medical community about what constitutes the limit of the second trimester, for example. In scholarly journals, these abortions are variously referred to as “mid-trimester abortion,” “second-trimester abortion” (which is used to describe abortions up to 24 weeks or up to 27 weeks, depending on the writer or the state law) and late abortion. Within the mainstream media, the phrase “late-term abortion” is often used in articles about abortion policy and advocacy. These competing terms do not provide accurate clinical descriptions or contribute to public knowledge about abortion care and the differences at various stages of gestation. It is for this reason that we do not use the phrase “late-term abortion” here, and recommend against its use. Instead, we use and recommend the phrase “later abortion” to identify any pregnancy termination after 18 weeks of gestational age.

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