Former President Donald Trump made false claims about late-in-pregnancy abortions during Thursday’s debate with President Joe Biden, experts say. Abortion is poised to be one of the biggest topics that will define this year’s presidential election. On Thursday, Trump repeated claims he made in 2016 regarding late-in-pregnancy abortions during a debate against then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
If a fetus is not expected to live, a physician and a family may need to have conversations such as, “Do we do life support if it’s ultimately futile,” Wieber Lens said, referring to perinatal hospice. “Northam was not talking about abortion, he was talking about how do we care for nonviable babies.” Wieber Lens said she expects more families will now face choices related to perinatal hospice, particularly in states that do not have abortion law exemptions for congenital anomalies.