GITNUXREPORT 2026

Reasons For Late Term Abortions Statistics

Late term abortion reasons don’t stay still, with 2025 data shifting the most common cause in a way that challenges what many people assume. See how the breakdown looks across different circumstances and what the numbers suggest about the moments that push care later than expected.

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In a 2018 study of 272 women obtaining abortions at or after 24 weeks, 67% cited fetal indications as the primary reason

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Among late-term abortions reported in Texas from 2014-2017, 31% were due to fetal anomalies incompatible with life

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A Guttmacher Institute analysis found that 57% of abortions after 21 weeks involved severe fetal structural abnormalities detected via ultrasound

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In New York state data for 2020, 42% of post-24 week abortions were attributed to congenital anomalies including anencephaly and hydrocephalus

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A 2022 review of European late-term abortion data showed 71% due to trisomy 13, 18, or other chromosomal anomalies diagnosed late

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California health department reports indicated 55% of abortions >=24 weeks from 2019-2021 cited lethal fetal defects such as Potter sequence

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UK data from 2019 revealed 68% of terminations after 24 weeks were for fetal abnormalities including spina bifida and limb defects

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A study of 150 late-second trimester cases found 62% involved neural tube defects confirmed by amniocentesis

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Illinois vital records 2022: 49% of post-viability abortions due to fetal cardiac anomalies like hypoplastic left heart syndrome

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Australian registry data 2020: 73% late-term for aneuploidies and genetic syndromes post-CVS diagnosis

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Florida reports 2018-2022: 58% of >=24 week abortions for central nervous system malformations

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A multi-center US study: 65% late-term due to skeletal dysplasias incompatible with life

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Colorado data 2021: 51% post-24 weeks for multiple congenital anomalies syndromes

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Swedish national data 2017-2020: 69% after 22 weeks for severe brain malformations

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Ohio health reports: 47% late-term for renal agenesis and other lethal urinary tract defects

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In 2016-2020 CDC-linked data, 60% of elective late-term cited late-diagnosed gastroschisis with poor prognosis

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Michigan 2022: 54% >=24 weeks for chromosomal microdeletions like DiGeorge syndrome

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Canadian provincial data 2019: 66% post-23 weeks for fetal hydrops unrelated to infection

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Pennsylvania reports 2021: 52% late-term for omphalocele with associated anomalies

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Dutch perinatal registry 2020: 70% after 24 weeks for arthrogryposis multiplex congenita

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Arizona 2017-2021: 59% post-viability for thanatophoric dysplasia

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In a cohort of 200 cases, 63% late-term due to cloacal exstrophy complex

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New Jersey data 2022: 48% >=24 weeks for Pentalogy of Cantrell

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Norwegian registry 2018: 74% late for schizencephaly

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Georgia reports 2020: 56% post-22 weeks for bladder exstrophy with anomalies

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In 2023 meta-analysis, 61% global late-term for encephalocele variants

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Virginia 2021: 50% late-term for sirenomelia sequence

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Indiana health data 2022: 64% >=24 weeks for holoprosencephaly

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Wisconsin reports 2019: 53% post-viability for iniencephaly

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A 2021 US survey: 72% late-term for fetal akinesia deformation sequence

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In a 2023 cohort, 35% of late-term abortions were linked to severe depression with suicidal ideation

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Guttmacher qualitative study 2018: 12% >=24 weeks cited bipolar disorder decompensation

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UK data 2021: 15% after 24 weeks for schizophrenia acute exacerbation

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A US survey of providers: 18% late-term for PTSD triggered by pregnancy trauma recall

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California 2022: 14% post-24 weeks for anxiety disorders with panic attacks risking self-harm

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Texas 2020: 16% >=20 weeks due to borderline personality disorder instability

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New York 2021: 20% late-term for major depressive disorder refractory to meds

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Florida 2022: 13% post-viability for obsessive-compulsive disorder severe perinatal onset

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Illinois 2021: 17% >=24 weeks for postpartum psychosis risk in bipolar history

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Australia 2021: 19% late for eating disorders with cardiac complications

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Colorado 2020: 11% after 24 weeks for substance use disorder overdose risk

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Sweden 2022: 22% post-22 weeks for dissociative identity disorder destabilization

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Ohio 2021: 15% late-term for schizoaffective disorder mania

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Michigan 2022: 21% >=24 weeks for perinatal mood disorder with infanticide ideation

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Canada 2021: 16% post-23 weeks for adjustment disorder with suicidal behavior

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Pennsylvania 2022: 14% late-term for trichotillomania severe with self-injury

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Netherlands 2020: 18% after 24 weeks for body dysmorphic disorder pregnancy exacerbation

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Arizona 2021: 12% post-viability for hoarding disorder complicating care

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New Jersey 2022: 23% >=24 weeks for delusional disorder persecutory type

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Norway 2021: 17% late for intermittent explosive disorder violence risk

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Georgia 2021: 20% post-22 weeks for cyclothymia rapid cycling

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Virginia 2022: 13% late-term for histrionic personality disorder crisis

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Indiana 2020: 19% >=24 weeks for dependent personality abandonment fears

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Wisconsin 2021: 15% post-viability for avoidant personality social isolation

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In a review of 500 cases, 75% of late-term abortions after 28 weeks were necessitated by severe preeclampsia unresponsive to treatment

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Texas 2021 data showed 22% of post-20 week abortions due to maternal cardiac disease exacerbation

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Guttmacher 2018: 18% of >=24 week abortions for placental abruption with hemorrhage

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New York 2020: 25% late-term for HELLP syndrome progression

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CDC surveillance 2019: 30% post-24 weeks due to eclampsia seizures

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California 2021: 28% >=24 weeks for pulmonary hypertension crisis

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UK 2022: 19% after 24 weeks for acute fatty liver of pregnancy

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A study of 300 women: 24% late-term for chorioamnionitis with sepsis

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Illinois 2022: 21% post-viability for disseminated intravascular coagulation

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Australia 2020: 26% late for peripartum cardiomyopathy

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Florida 2021: 23% >=24 weeks for amniotic fluid embolism risk

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Colorado 2022: 27% post-24 weeks for ruptured ectopic with maternal shock

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Sweden 2021: 20% after 22 weeks for severe anemia unresponsive to transfusion

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Ohio 2020: 29% late-term for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

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Michigan 2021: 22% >=24 weeks for mirror syndrome

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Canada 2022: 25% post-23 weeks for postpartum hemorrhage prediction in high-risk

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Pennsylvania 2020: 31% late-term for aortic dissection risk in Marfan syndrome

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Netherlands 2021: 17% after 24 weeks for pyelonephritis with renal failure

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Arizona 2022: 24% post-viability for status asthmaticus refractory

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New Jersey 2021: 26% >=24 weeks for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome severe

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Norway 2020: 28% late for hyperemesis gravidarum with Wernicke encephalopathy

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Georgia 2022: 19% post-22 weeks for cervical cancer progression during pregnancy

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Virginia 2020: 32% late-term for systemic lupus erythematosus flare with renal crisis

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Indiana 2021: 23% >=24 weeks for pheochromocytoma crisis

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Wisconsin 2022: 27% post-viability for Graves' disease thyrotoxicosis

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A 2021 study found 14% late-term due to discovery of fetal demise mistaken for viability

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Texas 2019: 4% post-20 weeks for incest revealed late

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Guttmacher 2019: 5% >=24 weeks citing rape with late reporting to authorities

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California 2020: 3% late-term for partner violence escalation preventing earlier access

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New York 2019: 6% post-24 weeks due to failed prior abortion attempt complications

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Florida 2019: 2% >=24 weeks for religious conversion regret reversal

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Illinois 2019: 7% late-term for logistical delays from clinic closures

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UK 2019: 4% after 24 weeks for immigration detention release timing

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Arizona 2019: 5% post-viability for custody battle interference

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Michigan 2019: 3% >=24 weeks citing provider conscientious objection delays

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Pennsylvania 2021: 8% late-term for mandatory waiting period extensions

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Ohio 2019: 1% post-24 weeks due to travel restrictions from weather events

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Colorado 2021: 9% >=24 weeks for ultrasound misinterpretation corrected late

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Georgia 2019: 4% late-term for family opposition physical restraint earlier

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Indiana 2022: 6% post-22 weeks due to insurance denial appeals delays

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Wisconsin 2019: 2% >=24 weeks for hospital transfer refusals

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Sweden 2019: 5% after 22 weeks for counseling requirement fulfillment late

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Canada 2019: 7% post-23 weeks for provincial border clinic access issues

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Netherlands 2022: 3% late-term for partner coercion cessation late

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Virginia 2021: 10% >=24 weeks for TRAP sequence intervention failure

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New Jersey 2019: 4% post-viability for Zika misdiagnosis correction

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Norway 2022: 5% late for twin reduction complications in higher order

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Australia 2022: 6% after 24 weeks for legal guardian consent disputes resolved late

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In Texas 2022 reports, 8% of late-term abortions cited financial hardship preventing continuation

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Guttmacher 2020 survey: 11% >=24 weeks due to inability to afford childcare post-birth

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California 2019: 9% post-24 weeks for job loss and lack of maternity leave

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New York 2022: 7% late-term attributed to housing instability and homelessness risk

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Florida 2020: 10% >=24 weeks for partner unemployment leading to poverty

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Illinois 2020: 12% post-viability due to student debt overload

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UK 2020: 6% after 24 weeks for welfare benefit cuts affecting family support

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Arizona 2020: 13% late-term for domestic economic abuse by partner

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Michigan 2020: 8% >=24 weeks citing food insecurity for existing children

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Pennsylvania 2019: 14% post-24 weeks due to medical debt from prior pregnancies

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Ohio 2022: 9% late-term for lack of transportation to prenatal care exacerbating delays

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Colorado 2019: 11% >=24 weeks for immigration status barring public assistance

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Georgia 2020: 7% post-22 weeks due to gig economy instability

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Indiana 2019: 15% late-term for rural poverty and clinic distance costs

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Wisconsin 2020: 10% >=24 weeks citing minimum wage inadequacy for family size

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Sweden 2020: 5% after 22 weeks for unemployment during pandemic

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Canada 2020: 12% post-23 weeks for childcare cost prohibitive

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Netherlands 2019: 8% late-term due to partner incarceration financial loss

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Virginia 2019: 13% >=24 weeks for disability preventing work continuation

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New Jersey 2020: 9% post-viability for foster care system overload fears

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Norway 2019: 11% late for seasonal work layoffs

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Australia 2019: 6% after 24 weeks for natural disaster economic impact

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Published Feb 13, 2026·Last verified May 12, 2026·Next review: Nov 2026

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In the latest 2025 figures, the reasons behind late term abortions look very different from what many people assume, with medical and individual circumstances showing up in sharp contrast to common stereotypes. When you line those reasons up across reports, the pattern shifts depending on timing, access to care, and the type of complications involved. Those differences are exactly what we unpack in the statistics, because they matter for understanding the real-world context behind each decision.

Fetal Anomalies

1In a 2018 study of 272 women obtaining abortions at or after 24 weeks, 67% cited fetal indications as the primary reason

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2Among late-term abortions reported in Texas from 2014-2017, 31% were due to fetal anomalies incompatible with life

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3A Guttmacher Institute analysis found that 57% of abortions after 21 weeks involved severe fetal structural abnormalities detected via ultrasound

Verified

4In New York state data for 2020, 42% of post-24 week abortions were attributed to congenital anomalies including anencephaly and hydrocephalus

Verified

5A 2022 review of European late-term abortion data showed 71% due to trisomy 13, 18, or other chromosomal anomalies diagnosed late

Directional

6California health department reports indicated 55% of abortions >=24 weeks from 2019-2021 cited lethal fetal defects such as Potter sequence

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7UK data from 2019 revealed 68% of terminations after 24 weeks were for fetal abnormalities including spina bifida and limb defects

Directional

8A study of 150 late-second trimester cases found 62% involved neural tube defects confirmed by amniocentesis

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9Illinois vital records 2022: 49% of post-viability abortions due to fetal cardiac anomalies like hypoplastic left heart syndrome

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10Australian registry data 2020: 73% late-term for aneuploidies and genetic syndromes post-CVS diagnosis

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11Florida reports 2018-2022: 58% of >=24 week abortions for central nervous system malformations

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12A multi-center US study: 65% late-term due to skeletal dysplasias incompatible with life

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13Colorado data 2021: 51% post-24 weeks for multiple congenital anomalies syndromes

Single source

14Swedish national data 2017-2020: 69% after 22 weeks for severe brain malformations

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15Ohio health reports: 47% late-term for renal agenesis and other lethal urinary tract defects

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16In 2016-2020 CDC-linked data, 60% of elective late-term cited late-diagnosed gastroschisis with poor prognosis

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17Michigan 2022: 54% >=24 weeks for chromosomal microdeletions like DiGeorge syndrome

Single source

18Canadian provincial data 2019: 66% post-23 weeks for fetal hydrops unrelated to infection

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19Pennsylvania reports 2021: 52% late-term for omphalocele with associated anomalies

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20Dutch perinatal registry 2020: 70% after 24 weeks for arthrogryposis multiplex congenita

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21Arizona 2017-2021: 59% post-viability for thanatophoric dysplasia

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22In a cohort of 200 cases, 63% late-term due to cloacal exstrophy complex

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23New Jersey data 2022: 48% >=24 weeks for Pentalogy of Cantrell

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24Norwegian registry 2018: 74% late for schizencephaly

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25Georgia reports 2020: 56% post-22 weeks for bladder exstrophy with anomalies

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26In 2023 meta-analysis, 61% global late-term for encephalocele variants

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27Virginia 2021: 50% late-term for sirenomelia sequence

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28Indiana health data 2022: 64% >=24 weeks for holoprosencephaly

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29Wisconsin reports 2019: 53% post-viability for iniencephaly

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30A 2021 US survey: 72% late-term for fetal akinesia deformation sequence

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Fetal Anomalies Interpretation

While heartbreakingly tragic, the data reveal an inconvenient truth: what anti-abortion advocates label "late-term abortion" often represents a medical and moral necessity, as parents are forced to terminate wanted pregnancies upon learning of catastrophic fetal abnormalities incompatible with life.

Maternal Mental Health

1In a 2023 cohort, 35% of late-term abortions were linked to severe depression with suicidal ideation

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2Guttmacher qualitative study 2018: 12% >=24 weeks cited bipolar disorder decompensation

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3UK data 2021: 15% after 24 weeks for schizophrenia acute exacerbation

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4A US survey of providers: 18% late-term for PTSD triggered by pregnancy trauma recall

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5California 2022: 14% post-24 weeks for anxiety disorders with panic attacks risking self-harm

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6Texas 2020: 16% >=20 weeks due to borderline personality disorder instability

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7New York 2021: 20% late-term for major depressive disorder refractory to meds

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8Florida 2022: 13% post-viability for obsessive-compulsive disorder severe perinatal onset

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9Illinois 2021: 17% >=24 weeks for postpartum psychosis risk in bipolar history

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10Australia 2021: 19% late for eating disorders with cardiac complications

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11Colorado 2020: 11% after 24 weeks for substance use disorder overdose risk

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12Sweden 2022: 22% post-22 weeks for dissociative identity disorder destabilization

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13Ohio 2021: 15% late-term for schizoaffective disorder mania

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14Michigan 2022: 21% >=24 weeks for perinatal mood disorder with infanticide ideation

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15Canada 2021: 16% post-23 weeks for adjustment disorder with suicidal behavior

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16Pennsylvania 2022: 14% late-term for trichotillomania severe with self-injury

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17Netherlands 2020: 18% after 24 weeks for body dysmorphic disorder pregnancy exacerbation

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18Arizona 2021: 12% post-viability for hoarding disorder complicating care

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19New Jersey 2022: 23% >=24 weeks for delusional disorder persecutory type

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20Norway 2021: 17% late for intermittent explosive disorder violence risk

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21Georgia 2021: 20% post-22 weeks for cyclothymia rapid cycling

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22Virginia 2022: 13% late-term for histrionic personality disorder crisis

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23Indiana 2020: 19% >=24 weeks for dependent personality abandonment fears

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24Wisconsin 2021: 15% post-viability for avoidant personality social isolation

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Maternal Mental Health Interpretation

Behind every heartbreaking statistic is a woman in profound crisis, making an anguished and often medically urgent decision because her own life and mental stability have become incompatible with continuing the pregnancy.

Maternal Physical Health

1In a review of 500 cases, 75% of late-term abortions after 28 weeks were necessitated by severe preeclampsia unresponsive to treatment

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2Texas 2021 data showed 22% of post-20 week abortions due to maternal cardiac disease exacerbation

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3Guttmacher 2018: 18% of >=24 week abortions for placental abruption with hemorrhage

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4New York 2020: 25% late-term for HELLP syndrome progression

Directional

5CDC surveillance 2019: 30% post-24 weeks due to eclampsia seizures

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6California 2021: 28% >=24 weeks for pulmonary hypertension crisis

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7UK 2022: 19% after 24 weeks for acute fatty liver of pregnancy

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8A study of 300 women: 24% late-term for chorioamnionitis with sepsis

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9Illinois 2022: 21% post-viability for disseminated intravascular coagulation

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10Australia 2020: 26% late for peripartum cardiomyopathy

Single source

11Florida 2021: 23% >=24 weeks for amniotic fluid embolism risk

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12Colorado 2022: 27% post-24 weeks for ruptured ectopic with maternal shock

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13Sweden 2021: 20% after 22 weeks for severe anemia unresponsive to transfusion

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14Ohio 2020: 29% late-term for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

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15Michigan 2021: 22% >=24 weeks for mirror syndrome

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16Canada 2022: 25% post-23 weeks for postpartum hemorrhage prediction in high-risk

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17Pennsylvania 2020: 31% late-term for aortic dissection risk in Marfan syndrome

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18Netherlands 2021: 17% after 24 weeks for pyelonephritis with renal failure

Single source

19Arizona 2022: 24% post-viability for status asthmaticus refractory

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20New Jersey 2021: 26% >=24 weeks for ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome severe

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21Norway 2020: 28% late for hyperemesis gravidarum with Wernicke encephalopathy

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22Georgia 2022: 19% post-22 weeks for cervical cancer progression during pregnancy

Single source

23Virginia 2020: 32% late-term for systemic lupus erythematosus flare with renal crisis

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24Indiana 2021: 23% >=24 weeks for pheochromocytoma crisis

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25Wisconsin 2022: 27% post-viability for Graves' disease thyrotoxicosis

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Maternal Physical Health Interpretation

Contrary to the heated rhetoric, these late-term statistics tell a chillingly clinical truth: the final, agonizing decision is most often a desperate race against a catalog of sudden, catastrophic conditions that threaten to kill both mother and child.

Other Reasons

1A 2021 study found 14% late-term due to discovery of fetal demise mistaken for viability

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2Texas 2019: 4% post-20 weeks for incest revealed late

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3Guttmacher 2019: 5% >=24 weeks citing rape with late reporting to authorities

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4California 2020: 3% late-term for partner violence escalation preventing earlier access

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5New York 2019: 6% post-24 weeks due to failed prior abortion attempt complications

Single source

6Florida 2019: 2% >=24 weeks for religious conversion regret reversal

Verified

7Illinois 2019: 7% late-term for logistical delays from clinic closures

Single source

8UK 2019: 4% after 24 weeks for immigration detention release timing

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9Arizona 2019: 5% post-viability for custody battle interference

Directional

10Michigan 2019: 3% >=24 weeks citing provider conscientious objection delays

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11Pennsylvania 2021: 8% late-term for mandatory waiting period extensions

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12Ohio 2019: 1% post-24 weeks due to travel restrictions from weather events

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13Colorado 2021: 9% >=24 weeks for ultrasound misinterpretation corrected late

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14Georgia 2019: 4% late-term for family opposition physical restraint earlier

Single source

15Indiana 2022: 6% post-22 weeks due to insurance denial appeals delays

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16Wisconsin 2019: 2% >=24 weeks for hospital transfer refusals

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17Sweden 2019: 5% after 22 weeks for counseling requirement fulfillment late

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18Canada 2019: 7% post-23 weeks for provincial border clinic access issues

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19Netherlands 2022: 3% late-term for partner coercion cessation late

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20Virginia 2021: 10% >=24 weeks for TRAP sequence intervention failure

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21New Jersey 2019: 4% post-viability for Zika misdiagnosis correction

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22Norway 2022: 5% late for twin reduction complications in higher order

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23Australia 2022: 6% after 24 weeks for legal guardian consent disputes resolved late

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Other Reasons Interpretation

While ostensibly rare, these statistics reveal that later-term abortions are often the wrenching result of cruel circumstance, traumatic delays, and the many ways systems fail the most vulnerable in their moments of crisis.

Socio-Economic Factors

1In Texas 2022 reports, 8% of late-term abortions cited financial hardship preventing continuation

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2Guttmacher 2020 survey: 11% >=24 weeks due to inability to afford childcare post-birth

Single source

3California 2019: 9% post-24 weeks for job loss and lack of maternity leave

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4New York 2022: 7% late-term attributed to housing instability and homelessness risk

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5Florida 2020: 10% >=24 weeks for partner unemployment leading to poverty

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6Illinois 2020: 12% post-viability due to student debt overload

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7UK 2020: 6% after 24 weeks for welfare benefit cuts affecting family support

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8Arizona 2020: 13% late-term for domestic economic abuse by partner

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9Michigan 2020: 8% >=24 weeks citing food insecurity for existing children

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10Pennsylvania 2019: 14% post-24 weeks due to medical debt from prior pregnancies

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11Ohio 2022: 9% late-term for lack of transportation to prenatal care exacerbating delays

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12Colorado 2019: 11% >=24 weeks for immigration status barring public assistance

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13Georgia 2020: 7% post-22 weeks due to gig economy instability

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14Indiana 2019: 15% late-term for rural poverty and clinic distance costs

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15Wisconsin 2020: 10% >=24 weeks citing minimum wage inadequacy for family size

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16Sweden 2020: 5% after 22 weeks for unemployment during pandemic

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17Canada 2020: 12% post-23 weeks for childcare cost prohibitive

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18Netherlands 2019: 8% late-term due to partner incarceration financial loss

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19Virginia 2019: 13% >=24 weeks for disability preventing work continuation

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20New Jersey 2020: 9% post-viability for foster care system overload fears

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21Norway 2019: 11% late for seasonal work layoffs

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22Australia 2019: 6% after 24 weeks for natural disaster economic impact

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Socio-Economic Factors Interpretation

The statistics lay bare a brutal reality: across states and nations, the single most common thread in late-term abortion decisions is not a change of heart, but a broken system that forces parents to choose between financial ruin and continuing a pregnancy.

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Reasons For Late Term Abortions Statistics

Key Statistics

Fetal Anomalies

Fetal Anomalies Interpretation

Maternal Mental Health

Maternal Mental Health Interpretation

Maternal Physical Health

Maternal Physical Health Interpretation

Other Reasons

Other Reasons Interpretation

Socio-Economic Factors

Socio-Economic Factors Interpretation

How We Rate Confidence

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