William Osler : 39 years after Roe v. Wade , time limits on abortion will be relaxed . Some states have no statutory time limit ; others allow abortion up to the end of second trimester . Children who would have died if born late in the second trimester in 1973 would more than likely live if they were born now . Osler says medical treatment makes some fetuses viable in second trimester .
William Osler : 39 years after Roe v. Wade , time limits on abortion will be relaxed . Some states have no statutory time limit ; others allow abortion up to the end of second trimester . Osler says medical treatment makes some fetuses viable in second trimester .