nst religious belief because I think a fetus becomes a human being after the second trimester of the pregnancy. Abortions are mostly done during the first two thirds of the pregnancy. Ninety one percent of abortions are done in the first twelve weeks of pregnancy, and only four percent after sixteen weeks. Tests showing birth defects are not done until the sixteenth week; and some women do not discover they're pregnant until this time. Most late abortions are done for health reasons. Ironically, restrictive laws pushed by Right to Lifers, such as mandatory parental involvement and cutoff of Medicaid for poor women's abortions, cause delay and lead to increased numbers of late abortions.
             In some clinics, women can choose to use a combination of drugs to end their pregnancies. This is called medical abortion. Medical abortion does not require surgery. The medications used are prescribed by a clinician. Because medical abortion is generally used up to fortynine days after the first day of the last menstrual period, it is called a very early abortion. The Methotrexate combined with the Misoprostol Method are two medications approved by the U.S Food and Drug Administration
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