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Debating Late-Term Abortion After Roe
from #297 - The Lodge From Hell | The Tim Dillon Show · #297
5 min
Following news of Roe v. Wade being overturned, Tim and Sam debate the ethics and legality of late-term abortion, with Tim proposing a cutoff of "under three months" as a moral compromise.
- Tim argues there must be a cutoff point where abortion becomes cruel and inhumane, citing that you can't have an abortion at eight months.
- Most late-term abortions occur because scans reveal severe fetal abnormalities—no heart, no head, mutations incompatible with life outside the womb.
- Tim rejects the logistical argument that waiting periods and travel distance justify late-term abortion, citing a hypothetical Arby's worker traveling from Houston to Abilene.
- He estimates 99% of cases involve severe defects like fetuses with feet for brains that cannot survive outside the womb.
- Tim distinguishes between aborting a fetus with fatal abnormalities versus aborting one with Down syndrome just because of the diagnosis.
- Abortion statistics from Europe and the UK show the vast majority occur before 20 or 25 weeks, with nine out of ten before 12 weeks in high-income countries.
- Tim supports federal abortion rights primarily because state bans hurt poor women who must travel and make arrangements in other states.
- His compromise position: keep it under three months—nine out of ten abortions happen before twelve weeks anyway, so he frames it as reasonable.
- Tim positions himself as the voice of reason between two extremes, rejecting both total bans and unrestricted late-term abortion.
- He closes with a PSA-style appeal to women: "Keep it under three months please."