Limits on early abortion drive more women to get them later
Associated PressAn 18-year-old was undergoing treatment for an eating disorder when she learned she was pregnant, already in the second trimester. “It’s not because people don’t want to have them sooner,” said Dr. Diane Horvath, an OB-GYN in Baltimore, Maryland, who has performed abortions for 16 years. “It’s because barriers and new information cause them to have to push it back to later in pregnancy.” The Associated Press interviewed three women who had abortions later in their pregnancy. “And a week makes a difference.” The cost of an abortion increases significantly as time goes on, from a few hundred dollars to thousands in the second trimester and even tens of thousands later on. “It’s really hard to get an abortion in this country,” Christensen said.