An abortion clinic in Colorado that for more than 50 years served people who looked to terminate their pregnancies in the second or third trimester quietly closed last month.

To fellow travelers, Hannah Brehm likely looked like she was taking a belated babymoon well into her third trimester.

But she and her husband had received a crushing diagnosis: Their baby’s brain was not developing properly, upending their wanted pregnancy. Medical experts warned moving forward would likely mean her son would know only pain and suffering. The Minnesota couple wasn’t going to take that chance.

Instead, they went to Colorado, where for decades the Boulder Abortion Clinic served as a resource for women who looked to terminate their pregnancies in the second or third trimester because of medical reasons, like Brehm, or other circumstances.

After more than 50 years, that clinic quietly closed last month, leaving the U.S. with just a handful that offer abortions after 28 weeks into pregnancy — many on a case-by-case basis.

    • Dogiedog64@lemmy.world
      102·
      22 days ago

      Lmao nice bait. You’re literally in the meme. 10-week old fetuses aren’t babies, dipshit.

      • Sculptus Poe@lemmy.world
        19·
        22 days ago

        I was tired of interacting with idiots, but this is too hilarious/sad to ignore. Whether mammals look similar as babies is irrelevant to anything. Those aren’t humans, but anybody should feel exactly the same about killing them as they do about killing dogs and elephants. Silly tricks like that undermine your point. If you actually care about defending your ability to kill babies you should stick to other tactics. There are better ones.