“Abortion is never medically necessary in the last trimester. Literally never. They just do a C-section.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 6 Nov 2024.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
Posts that say abortion is never medically necessary in the last trimester are False. Some complex medical situations can affect the fetus or pregnant woman late in pregnancy that require a medically-necessary abortion.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 6 November 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 November 2024, 5 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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- FactCheck.org: False“Abortion is never medically necessary.”