Disturbing Trend: More Abortion Clinics Moving into the Late-Term Abortion Business
A new survey of abortion facilities in the U.S. has revealed a new, disturbing industry-wide trend that shows that overall in 2019, surgical abortion facilities have expanded into the late-term abortion market, where lucrative multi-day procedures can reap quick profits.
The survey also found the following:
- There are 710 abortion facilities in the U.S., comprised of 464 surgical and 245 medical abortion clinics.
- The percentage of surgical abortion facilities that self-impose abortion limits at 13 weeks or earlier dropped from 46% in 2018 to 31% in 2019, meaning more are entering the second and even third-trimester abortion markets.
- The number of abortion facilities willing to do abortions after 20 weeks gestation increased in 2019.
- The national average cost of a first-trimester abortion rose to a record high of $603 in 2019, the greatest increase in three years.
- The national average wait time for abortion appointments remains under a week at 6.8 days, which is more than two weeks less than it takes to arrange a first appointment with a family physician.