Serious thread. I never understood this.
If someone believes that the life of a mother should take priority over the potential future life of a fetus, I don’t see why this arbitrary cutoff should make this a harder discussion.
The cycle of development is constant. If you believe in a women’s health and autonomy, then it shouldn’t matter if you’re one week prior to or one week after the six month cutoff.
You literally answered your own question ... people only usually find the third trimester controversial when the life of the mother is NOT at any risk. I know abortion tends to make people crazy, but the vast majority of logical people see a difference between getting an abortion in the first trimester and getting one a week before your due date, provided there is no medical rationale (like zero doctors will do this for this exact reason...?).
