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Reading the UK Medical Paper on Reasons for Late Abortions
from #297 - The Lodge From Hell | The Tim Dillon Show · #297
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Tim reads statistics from a real medical paper on reasons women in England and Wales cite for having abortions after 13 weeks, negotiating a running joke of extending his "under three months" deadline concession by concession.
- Tim argues that late-term abortions at seven or eight months are performed on "fun women" who get knocked up and decide Cabo is more appealing.
- A happy medium should exist between total abortion bans and allowing eight-month terminations; Tim proposes a three-month cutoff and suggests women should "pay attention" to their bodies.
- Tim produces a medical paper from England and Wales listing reasons for abortions after 13 weeks of gestation.
- Tim responds that a compliment is just a compliment and the producer is projecting their own self-concept issues onto his words.
- Reading the top reasons for late abortions: 41% said they weren't sure and took time to decide; Tim dismisses this as "not credible."
- 38% didn't realize they were pregnant due to irregular periods—Tim calls this "more understandable" than the previous answer.
- 36 people thought their pregnancy was much less advanced than it actually was when requesting the abortion.
- 32 people said they weren't sure what they would do if pregnant; Tim and his producer debate whether this is reasonable.
- 30 people suspected pregnancy but delayed taking action; 26 cited parental worry; 24 had to wait over five days for an appointment.
- The punchline: Tim announces the number-one reason for late-term abortions is discovering Brendan Schaub is the father.