Why are third trimester abortions controversial?

[BG-NY]

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.

[BG-NY]

No one except extreme pro life activists and concern trolls ever brings up "late term abortions"--they're rare and, in many cases, medically necessary. Pete Buttigieg of all people actually nailed this argument on Fox News of all places:

Well my point is that they shouldn’t be rare. Women are conditioned to believe their freedom ends even in the bluest of states when you hit that 6 month mark. That’s obscene.