Coming to this a little late!
2 irrefutable facts:

1. No one likes abortion
2. Abortion isn't the problem

There are three things that need to be in place:

1. Acceptance. Of the hardwired urge to propagate the species (minimum of 6000 yrs )
2. Education. Of all the possible consequences of #1
3. Access To all necessary services

If you look at 1,2,3 as a three-legged stool, abortion is like the old family bible that you use to prop up one leg, when the end gets broken off.

If, after all this is in place, it is necessary, It is a matter between the woman and her medical provider.
Certainly not a middle aged (white) man in a suit (that would be me - actually rarely bother with the suit these days!!).

"Should there be a cut-off day to abort a fetus"

You really could have phrased that better

I don't see a problem with using stem cells from an aborted fetus for medical research, but I am pretty sure there is a moratorium on that in the USA.
In NYC, can a woman abort a baby after it is born? I dunno?

My thoughts are, I plan to Mind My Own Business & so should you! Period!

I don't think it is a coincidence that this was posted it the R&S group.

For those who might say (or already have) 'between woman and doctor' . . .

(repeating some of my responses from below)

Given that abortion and religion are inextricably linked in the US, I would posit that logic is likely a 'dream'.

Is anyone advocating that abortion as a primary method of 'birth-control' is morally acceptable ? to whom ?

Who can/should represent the 'interests' of the not-yet-born ?

What prospect is there for any "coming together" on this highly divisive subject other than by "the will of the people" -- congress.

IMO, Roe v Wade (although reasonable, longstanding, and concise) was decided on the basis that SCOTUS came to the conclusion that (at the time, perhaps still) congress could/would not resolve the issue.

The lines between "isn't a person" and "killing of a baby" are far from b/w, and who draws those lines ?

Are there to be no limits to abortion, morally or otherwise ? If only congress can provide the will of the people, what politician would get elected espousing that position ?

The question of whether abortion should be legal or not never came up until the mid-twentieth century. That's when someone discovered they could make money by opposing the advance of women's rights.

Abortion is a medical procedure. It should be between a woman and her doctor. Contraception is also a medical procedure that should only be between a woman and her doctor.

Yes, abortion should be legal.

The US has created a catch-22 situation that's untenable for many: they want to make abortion illegal, yet they also make it difficult and expensive for women to obtain birth control, while also withholding sex education information.

I think the 75th trimester is a good cutoff.

18. As an adult they get to decide.

. . . safe, legal, rare

Never illegal, when depends on medical opinion covering fetus and mothers health. Like in the case of encephalopathy no brain no chance of survival .

Abortion should never be illegal...in fact it should be purely a medical matter not a legal one. The mother in consultation with her doctor should be the only person involved, certainly not the state. Late terminations are very rare and are usually due to reasons to do with abnormalities with the foetus. Women do not take decisions to abort lightly and the assumption that it’s capricious and irresponsible of them shows complete lacking in understanding of the emotional toll making such a decision takes.

Pro choice all the way. As I look at what is happening in this country, I can honestly say there have not been nearly enough abortions.

This is a difficult question for me. I am not pro-life, but I don't think a woman should be able to abort right up until the child is being born. I dunno