Abortions Have Increased, Even for Women in States With Near-Total Bans | A new analysis shows how many women in states with bans are seeking procedures or pills from out-of-state providers.
Abortions Have Increased, Even for Women in States With Near-Total Bans | A new analysis shows how many women in states with bans are seeking procedures or pills from out-of-state providers.
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Yikes. Not good for the abortion legislation carrot that dems have been dangling in front of voters.
Yikes. Not good for the abortion legislation carrot that dems have been dangling in front of voters.
This is really not a good look for you. I don't know if you intended it, but it reads like this:
"Yikes. Not a good look that women are exercising autonomy over their own bodies."
that's an interesting interpretation. enjoy the democrat circle jerk. it's actually saying that power to the states isn't as bad as people thought it would be.
it’s actually saying that power to the states isn’t as bad as people thought it would be.
Is that because you didn't read the article or are you having difficulty interpreting the data?
The women in the states that banned abortions are getting them by travel to states where abortion isn't banned. How would that work against Democrats that champion the idea of a woman's ability to chose what to do with their own bodies? Do you think that the women that traveled to another state preferred the travel to getting treatment in their own state?
Other articles point out other massive detriments to abortion restrictions, like mothers dying from childbirth 62% higher in states with abortion bans. source.
"To compare maternal death rates (deaths during pregnancy, at birth, or within 42 days of birth) in states with abortion bans or restrictions to those without, we examined the most recent three years of data.7 We found that maternal death rates were 62 percent higher in 2020 in abortion-restriction states than in abortion-access states (28.8 vs. 17.8 per 100,000 births). Notably, across the three years presented in Exhibit 4, the maternal mortality rate was increasing nearly twice as fast in states with abortion restrictions."
So pro-force-birth folks are successful in killing more mothers. Great success?
How does any of this play worse for Democrats wanting the right for a woman to choose?
By giving power to the states, you will always have some states that allow abortions and some that do not, hence why we have the problem to begin with. Since each state is part of the same country, access to abortions will always be available, albeit at the cost of traveling to a nearby state.
There was a lot of fear of people going to jail or getting in trouble for doing this, which hasn’t happened.
We’re too big of a country to not take a more tribal approach to laws. Imagine if the tables were turned and we could decide which states had access to guns. I would think many would be in favor of this.
By giving power to the states, you will always have some states that allow abortions and some that do not, hence why we have the problem to begin with.
That was the same defense used 200 years ago for justifying slavery in the USA. It was a bad argument then, and its a bad argument now when you're casually dismissing the rights and control of someone's own body.
Since each state is part of the same country, access to abortions will always be available, albeit at the cost of traveling to a nearby state.
And those that cannot afford to travel to another state? The poor. They are forced to bring to term children they don't want (and possible cannot afford). I appreciate you raising this point as it underscores and argument of mine against abortion bans.
Abortion bands are bans only for the poor. The rich can travel out of the country without a thought. The middle class could do the same with a 2nd mortgage on the house. The poor are the only ones without assets to tap of any kind that could get them to a safe abortion.
There was a lot of fear of people going to jail or getting in trouble for doing this, which hasn’t happened.
The facts would disagree with you:
- Lizelle Gonzalez was arrested and charged with murder for using abortion pills in 2022 in Texas
- Brittany Watts was charged with murder for having a miscarriage in Ohio
We’re too big of a country to not take a more tribal approach to laws.
And yet we have a system that establishes laws at a Federal level to grant basic freedoms that overrule state laws. Are you arguing that all federal laws should be repealed because they aren't tribal enough?
Imagine if the tables were turned and we could decide which states had access to guns. I would think many would be in favor of this.
We're not even enforcing the WHOLE 2nd Amendment today at the state, local or federal level. Which part of "As part of a well regulated militia..." are school shooters a part of?
Slavery is the same as abortion pills? Wow. Regarding rights, more than half of the US is women. Many women also don’t support abortions. They have the same right to voting for what they want in the state they live.
Mail order abortion pills.
Nobody will have to travel out of country for an abortion. That’s a moot point based on fear mongering.
I was indeed incorrect about people being jailed related to abortion bans. Those laws and cases are stupid. Their laws should only apply to access and not after-care.
I’m suggesting we could take a more granular approach to some laws at a federal level. Not all.
The 2nd amendment was not intended for only militias, but also individuals. Point being, would you not find power to the states appealing in that regard?
I think people have relied on the federal government to protect them too much and let their individual states become radicalized. Now they have to be involved in effecting change within the state they live. In the long term I think this is a good step toward more progressive state governments.
Slavery is the same as abortion pills? Wow.
Nice strawman. Try again. I said you're arguing a person's freedom should depend on what state they are in. Slavers argued the same.
Regarding rights, more than half of the US is women. Many women also don’t support abortions.
And no one is forcing those women to get an abortion. They are free to live abortion free for their entire lives. No one is going to arrest them if they choose to not get an abortion.
Mail order abortion pills. Nobody will have to travel out of country for an abortion. That’s a moot point based on fear mongering.
I cited a specific case above where a woman was arrested in their own state for having abortion pills. Clearly the abortion bans are oppressing those women too and putting them at legal risk.
I was indeed incorrect about people being jailed related to abortion bans. Those laws and cases are stupid. Their laws should only apply to access and not after-care.
I agree that abortion bans are stupid.
I think people have relied on the federal government to protect them too much and let their individual states become radicalized. Now they have to be involved in effecting change within the state they live. In the long term I think this is a good step toward more progressive state governments.
So things like the Voting Rights Act of 1965 shouldn't have happened because it forced specific states to allow fair voting for racial minorities even though state laws in those targeted states were supported by the state residents?
Abortion should be legal federally. It is not and we’re beholden to the Supreme Court. If the majority of the country wanted abortion to be illegal, we’ll be begging for states’ rights.
Abortion should be legal federally.
If you mean at the Federal level, I agree with this statement, but that appears to be a radical shift from your position in this conversation up to now. What caused this change in your stance?
It is not and we’re beholden to the Supreme Court.
Not exactly, but more right than wrong. Congress could pass a law making it legal, however there are hundreds of examples of this where rights derived from the Constitution arrive as judgments in court instead of an explicit law. Its been working pretty well up to now.
If the majority of the country wanted abortion to be illegal, we’ll be begging for states’ rights.
I'm not following you here. Give more context to your hypothetical. Which of these are you saying:
- "If abortion was legal at the Federal level and the majority of the country wanted abortion to be illegal, we'd be begging for states' rights"?
Or
- "If abortion was not defined at the Federal level which is the current case and the majority of the country wanted abortion to be illegal, we'd be begging for states' rights"?
I’ve always felt it should be federally legal, but much of the country doesn’t so not possible now and state laws are a protection. Congress could do things to make it legal but really it’s up to the Supreme Court and not much power there.
Throughout history implementing power to the states has been a stepping stone towards nationwide laws. We could see a time when the government decides to make abortion illegal across the country. In the event that happens, power to the states is a good thing until the majority sentiment shifts towards making it federally legal again.
enjoy the democrat circle jerk.
What a cute way to cop out
Nobody thinks state power is bad. Everyone believes Republican power is bad because they keep nominating and voting for Maga idiots. These people don’t even qualify as real Republicans.
You seem to be under the misunderstanding that dems want to increase abortions. They want increased access to abortion, but that's not the same thing.
This really hurts Republicans more than Dems. Let's say you have a goal of reducing "x", so you pass a law banning it, but that causes a noticeable increase in the behavior. Your law made things objectively worse towards accomplishing your goal.
If you think the increased occurrence is justified as long as people are punished for it, then you don't actually care about reducing abortion, you just want to punish people for it.
Not sure how you came to that conclusion. Dems want you to believe that power to the states will eliminate access to abortions, when it seems this data shows that regardless of the overruling, abortions are still accessible. People aren't getting fired up because access is being limited. People are getting fired up because they think access is being eliminated for people in certain states.
It hurts Republicans because they didn't get exactly what they want, but I think it hurts Democrats more because it minimizes one of their greatest scare tactics.
I think dems genuinely believe that if Republicans take control of the House, Senate, and Presidency, that they will absolutely implement a nationwide ban, which will reduce access. That implies it's still a valid concern and not a scare tactic.
And even though overall abortions have increased, there has still been a restriction in access, it's just that enough people can still afford to overcome those restrictions (for now), as well as Dems pushing to allow meds by mail to help alleviate the restrictions.
But, there have already been unfortunate consequences to the health and lives of women who couldn't afford to overcome the restrictions, or it was too late, or they were convicted a crime if they did obtain access.
So again, not a scare tactic if they are actual things that are happening, and will just get worse with a nationwide ban.
you people have wire coat hangers, don't you?
To the contrary: people have shifted to having to travel long distances or get pills through the mail without local medical support.
In some states (eg: Idaho) these are substantially inaccessible.
fair, but it's not the catastrophe that dems want you to believe so you vote for them.
People have literally died
True, but not people they care about. I can only imagine the mental gymnastics it must take to be this apathetic about such drastic increases in maternal mortality and trauma, and yet still sincerely believe you're a moral and decent person.
Women are dying, being jailed, and forced to carry unwanted pregnancies because this archaic soapbox is getting its long awaited crawl out of the dark ages. It costs zero dollars to mind your own fucking business, and now we're paying in lives because some people are weirdly obsessed with controlling strangers' lives.