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OP-ED: Canada’s top medical journal admits late-term abortions are not rare

"The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) confirmed in an article at the end of January that late-term abortions are happening in Canada, and that they are not rare."

Feb 28, 2026
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Author: Pete Baklinski

The Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) confirmed in an article at the end of January that late-term abortions are happening in Canada, and that they are not rare.

The article, titled Time to change Canada’s stillbirth definition and regulatory framework, reports how Canada’s stillbirth rate is “artificially high” when compared to other countries because it includes abortions past 20 weeks in the count.

“Canada’s stillbirth rate is more than double that of comparable high-income countries and rising, in part because of stringent stillbirth registration criteria,” the CMAJ article states.

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