Anti-abortion violence

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[...] This is just one of many instances in which a woman should have the option of choosing whether or not she wants to have a child very late in the pregnancy process, and it is certainly much easier, both medically and psychologically, for a pregnant woman to get an abortion much earlier than the third trimester. Works Cited Allen, Samantha. “Anti-Abortion Violence at All-Time High.” The Daily Beast. Accessed April 2016. [...]

[...] In most states, abortion in the third trimester is illegal, so it would be a much better idea for women to get the early on. In some cases, however, late term abortions may be very important, considering that situations for women can often change. If a husband leaves his wife during the end of her pregnancy and the wife does not want to raise a child on her own, it may be a much better idea for her to have an abortion, even if it is in the third trimester. [...]

[...] This would unquestionably be a form of terrorism, but I have never heard of such an instance. More common forms of violence against abortion advocates includes threatening calls and physical violence, the point of which is to discourage the practice and attempt to stop people from performing or supporting abortions. The idea behind these acts of violence is to scare people into killing babies” (the fetuses), since people who are associated with abortion may decide to change their ways if they see that their lives or physical safety is at risk. [...]

[...] Anti-Abortion Violence Whether or not anti-abortion extremism is a form of terrorism depends, at least in part, on our definition of terrorism. The purpose of terrorism is not only to kill innocent people, but also to frighten other people into doing or not doing something. If a terrorist blows up a federal building and kill hundreds of innocent people, this might make people lose faith in their government, and it may discourage them from going into government service. In countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan, such fear and anxiety is something that terrorists use in order to ensure that people do not have faith in the government system, and this helps the terrorists gain political power and credibility. [...]