Fact check: Are late-term abortions ever ‘medically necessary’?

Determining the appropriate medical intervention in pregnancy depends on a patient’s specific condition, experts say [File: Idrees Mohammed/EPA-EFE]

Healthcare is considered “medically necessary” when it is required to maintain or restore a patient’s health. And, despite posts on social media claiming otherwise, abortion can fall into that category in emergency situations – even in the third trimester.

“Abortion is never medically necessary in the last trimester. Literally never. They just do a c-section,” a November 6 Threads (part of social media platform Instagram) post stated.