Pro-life advocates sound alarm as late-term abortions rise in some blue states
Women’s rights advocates have dismissed concerns about late-term abortion as a right-wing talking point, but pro-lifers are flagging data showing the allegedly spurious phenomenon is surging in blue states.
Figures released by the Oregon Health Authority show that the number of abortions performed after 23 weeks gestation, or after fetal viability, soared from 85 in 2022 to 225 in 2023, a one-year jump of 165%.
Overall abortions during that period rose in 2023 to 10,075, an increase of 16.2% and the highest state total since 2009.
“The dramatic increase in late-term abortions in Oregon is devastating and horrific,” said Lois Anderson, Oregon Right to Life executive director. “At 23 weeks gestation and beyond, the unborn human being is well developed … She can feel pain, and with help, she can survive outside the womb.”
Oregon isn’t alone. In Colorado, the number of abortions performed after 28 weeks gestation rose from 118 in 2022 to 137 in 2023, a one-year increase of 16%, according to Colorado Department of Health and Environment data analyzed by the pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute…
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