Per the latest comprehensive data from a scholarly journal, “more than 15,000” abortions are performed each year in the U.S. “at 21 weeks or later.” At this stage of development, pre-birth humans suckle, hear sounds, make coordinated limb movements, exhibit conscious motor planning, and feel pain. The most common procedure used for these late-term abortions is dismemberment, often while the human is still alive. Contrary to common media claims that such abortions “usually only take place in the case of a health emergency,” multiple public disclosures by abortion providers show that most late-term abortions are elective and not for medical reasons. For example, abortionist Martin Haskell stated, “I’ll be quite frank: most of my abortions are elective in that 20–24 week range.”