‘After-birth abortion’ raised in Tennessee Senate race has no medical basis, experts say

Staff photo by Olivia Ross / Students for Life of Southeast Tennessee and other local anti-abortion activists carry a banner on Jan. 22 in Chattanooga.


The misinformed notion that an abortion can occur after birth — which recently became a point of contention in Tennessee's U.S. Senate race — has no medical basis, according to doctors who practice abortion care and treat complex pregnancies.

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