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Abortion is higher where abortion is illegal
« on: January 20, 2012, 06:40:38 pm »
In news that isn't really surprising since anti-abortion often includes anti-contraceptive and unsafe sex, abortion rate is higher in those countries where it's illegal.

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LONDON -- Abortion rates are higher in countries where the procedure is illegal and nearly half of all abortions worldwide are unsafe, with the vast majority in developing countries, a new study concludes.

Experts couldn't say whether more liberal laws led to fewer procedures, but said good access to birth control in those countries resulted in fewer unwanted pregnancies.

The global abortion rate remained virtually unchanged from 2003 to 2008, at about 28 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44, a total of about 43.8 million abortions, according to the study. The rate had previously been dropping since 1995.

About 47,000 women died from unsafe abortions in 2008, and another 8.5 million women had serious medical complications. Almost all unsafe abortions were in developing countries, where family planning and contraceptive programs have mostly levelled off.

As a result, death from abortion is higher in areas where abortion is illegal too. Legalizing abortion and providing comprehensive sex education and sexual health care not only lowers abortion but lowers death from abortion.

Giving women control of their reproduction is a win win for everyone.
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Re: Abortion is higher where abortion is illegal
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2012, 06:47:02 pm »
Not that surprising when you think about it...

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Re: Abortion is higher where abortion is illegal
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2012, 06:47:15 pm »
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About 47,000 women died from unsafe abortions in 2008, and another 8.5 million women had serious medical complications. Almost all unsafe abortions were in developing countries, where family planning and contraceptive programs have mostly levelled off.

God is clearly punishing them! /fundie
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Re: Abortion is higher where abortion is illegal
« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2012, 07:00:52 pm »
No no, it's clearly the woman's fault for getting preggers in the first place. After all, if she hadn't been such a whore and saved it for marriage, her uterus would be harder to breach and as such, coitus interruptus would have been effective (since precum doesn't have a sufficient amount of sperm to fertilize an egg under normal circumstances.

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Re: Abortion is higher where abortion is illegal
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2012, 10:44:05 am »
But doesn’t birth control lead to abortion? The guy with the sign on the street said so! ::)
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Re: Abortion is higher where abortion is illegal
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2012, 11:47:15 am »
Isn't that surprising? </sarcasm>
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Re: Abortion is higher where abortion is illegal
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2012, 04:05:29 pm »
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About 47,000 women died from unsafe abortions in 2008, and another 8.5 million women had serious medical complications. Almost all unsafe abortions were in developing countries, where family planning and contraceptive programs have mostly levelled off.

God is clearly punishing them! /fundie

This is one of the reasons why this argument won't work on some pro-lifers.  I've seen some who truly believe that women who die during illegal abortions deserve to die because they were killing their baby, and are happy that these women die.