But practitioners say this is far from clear; no formal scientific studies have been done, partly because of the great secrecy surrounding late abortion.
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She also reads in public from painful autobiographical texts that refer to her rape as a 13-year-old, two later abortions and a suicide attempt.
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Higuera's crime, according to state prosecutor Mark Blumer, is that he did not have a clear medical or health reason to perform the late abortion.
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The Senate plunged once again Wednesday into a debate over late abortions, as three different bills competed to appear more civilized, more reasonable or more fair.
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Clinton has repeatedly said he would not sign legislation banning late abortions unless it contained exceptions to protect both the life and health of the mother.
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He himself performs 200 late abortions a year; he attempts an intact dilation and extraction in half, and succeeds in about a quarter, or 50 cases, he said.
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After all, most people agree that late abortions are somehow worse than early ones; the longer a pregnancy continues, the greater are the moral objections to ending it.
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"The idea that you can practice on human eggs and have the risk of abnormal fetuses and particularly late abortions and abnormal children is not palatable, " said Colman.
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Opponents of the ban, for instance, assert that most women seeking late abortions do so for medical reasons, because they face grave health risks or their fetus has fatal abnormalities.
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They are more willing to support anti-abortion laws that make exceptions for rape or incest, or to accept the necessity for even late abortions when the woman's life is endangered.
