Editing Abortion (section)

===Fetal health===
[[Congenital disorders]], revealed by [[prenatal screening]], motivate some women to seek abortions.<ref name="bankole98"/> [[Health outcomes for adults born prematurely|Health outcomes of preterm births]] include a significant probability of long-term [[neurodevelopmental impairment]] before gestational age of 29 weeks, with a higher probability with decreasing gestational age.<ref name="z309">{{cite journal | last1=Sarda | first1=Sujata P. | last2=Sarri | first2=Grammati | last3=Siffel | first3=Csaba | title=Global prevalence of long-term neurodevelopmental impairment following extremely preterm birth: a systematic literature review | journal=Journal of International Medical Research | volume=49 | issue=7 | date=2021 | issn=0300-0605 | pmid=34284680 | pmc=8299900 | doi=10.1177/03000605211028026 | page=030006052110280}}</ref>

In the United States, public opinion shifted after television personality [[Sherri Finkbine]]'s was exposed to [[thalidomide]], a [[teratogen]], in her fifth month of pregnancy. Unable to obtain a legal abortion in the United States, Finkbine traveled to Sweden. From 1962 to 1965, an outbreak of [[Rubella|German measles]] left 15,000 babies with severe birth defects. In 1967, the [[American Medical Association]] publicly supported liberalization of abortion laws. A [[National Opinion Research Center]] poll in 1965 showed 73% supported abortion when the mother's life was at risk, 57% when birth defects were present and 59% for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest.{{sfn|Doan|2007|p=57}}