| | Aren't third trimester abortions rare? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | In an attempt to "filter out" this documentation, many opponents of the bill attempt to narrow the debate to only third-trimester partial-birth abortions procedures -- that is, to abortions performed beginning in the 27th week [seventh month] of pregnancy. |
 | | Nor, contrary to some popular misconceptions, is there any basis in current Supreme Court constitutional doctrine or in neo-natal medical practice for adopting a "third trimester" demarcation. |
 | | Currently, many babies are "viable" a full three weeks before the "third trimester." Therefore, most partial-birth abortions kill babies who are already "viable," or who are at most a few days or weeks short of viability. |
| www.nrlc.org /abortion/pba/pbafact2.html (456 words) |