Zika Threat Is Changing Americans’ Minds About Late-Term Abortion

As the threat of homegrown Zika spreads, Americans are getting more realistic about abortion regulations. 

A poll conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health and STAT last month found that while 61 percent of Americans oppose abortions after 24 weeks, a majority would actually support late-term abortions in the case of microcephaly — a condition in which a baby is born with a underdeveloped brain and skull. Microcephaly, found in infants whose mothers have been infected by Zika, is only detectable after 24 weeks of pregnancy.