Tens of thousands of abortions occur after the 15-week mark, when babies can feel pain, a September study from the Lozier Institute found.
this month, six percent of abortions occur either at or after the 15-week pregnancy mark, per data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention . That amounts to tens of thousands of abortions per year.
To produce a national estimate of abortions at 15 weeks or later, Charlotte Lozier Institute first reviewed available state abortion reporting from all the states that report. When states reported gestational ages using broad ranges , CLI estimated the percentage occurring at 15 weeks by using data from states that reported abortions by individual week of gestation.
The 15-week mark is particularly important, as this serves as a generally accepted marker of babies feeling pain — a point Republican lawmakers are now making, less than two months ahead of the midterm elections.companion legislation to the Senate’s Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act. The bill bases banning abortion after 15 weeks on a baby’s ability to feel pain at that point.
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