One-in-ten 2nd trimester abortions results in a live birth

At every level of government—local, state, and federal—pro-abortion Democrats fiercely opposed any legislation that would require administering the same level of medical care to an abortion survivor as they would to any other baby of the same gestational age. And why would you? These live births either (a) are a fantasy of pro-lifers’ imagination, (b) so rare as not to require the “heavy hand/blunt instrument” of legislation, or (c) only involve children who are going to “die anyway.”

This is utter nonsense, as we have documented innumerable times–such as here, here, here, and here–and unbelievably cruel. But we have reinforcements from a very unexpected source: an article in the pro-abortion American Journal of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Remarkably (considering the source) it tells us that there are far more live births than we’ve been led to believe.

The title cuts right to the chase: “Second-trimester abortion and risk of live birth.” At the beginning, the abstract tells us, “Second-trimester abortion may result in a live birth, but the extent to which this outcome occurs is unknown.”

The abstract end, “Second-trimester abortion carries a risk of live birth, especially at 20 to 24 weeks of gestation, although feticidal injection may protect against this outcome.”

You “protect against this outcome”—a live birth—by injecting poison into the baby’s heart or into the amniotic fluid! A British expert—the BPAS—tells us so eloquently

A thin needle is placed through your abdomen into the fluid surrounding the pregnancy or the fetal heart, and a medicine to stop the heartbeat is injected.

It can take several hours for the heartbeat and fetal movements to stop if the injection was made into the fluid around the pregnancy.

So, in the “Study Design,” the reader learns, “We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 13,777 second-trimester abortions occurring in hospital settings between April 1, 1989 and March 31, 2021, in Quebec, Canada.”

As Cassy Fiano-Chesser noted, we have far more complete numbers because “Live births ‘must be registered, regardless of gestational age, reason for birth, or length of time before death’ under Quebec law.”

The results?

“Among 13,777 abortions between 15 and 29 weeks of gestation, 1541 (11.2%) led to live birth.”

11.2%, over one in ten!

But, not to worry. “Intracardiac or intrathoracic injection was particularly effective at preventing live birth (risk ratio, 0.02; 95% confidence interval, 0.01–0.07).”

Drs. Nathalie Augur, Émilie Brousseau, Aimina Ayoub, and William D. Fraser can virtually guarantee NO baby will EVER survive the needle.

Easy peasy.

How do these people sleep at night?