I always think that abortion policy is the place where feelings trump facts most, because we know that a) banning abortions DOESN'T reduce abortions b) contraception DOES reduce abortions c) abortion bans are very harmful And yet people still advocate for bans
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I always find this abbreviated list of abortion techniques from the WHO enlightening on the topic. These are things that women try in the absence of safe abortion provision Examples include inserting knives into the uterus, drinking turpentine, and jumping off a roofpic.twitter.com/287WT2p2Wc
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Conversely, there's pretty strong evidence that providing free contraception to women can reduce the number of abortions https://academic.oup.com/humrep/article/30/11/2539/2385252 …pic.twitter.com/WfBGakWB08
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So anyone who wanted to reasonably reduce the occurrence of abortions in an area would be advocating for better provision of cheap contraceptives, and better funding of family planning services
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Unfortunately, the debate really isn't about reducing abortions at all, which is why it generally becomes about religious or moral arguments rather than an actual effort to reduce abortions per se
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But the leaders of the anti-abortion movement also want to ban most birth control methods.
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In business we have a saying that is: "What you don't measure, you can't manage". The moment you ban abortions is the moment you cannot measure them happening anymore, therefore you cannot manage them either. Many could be solved without one, for the others, safety first.
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Countries like Uruguay found that when they unban them, and have a proper talk with the mother, in most cases there are ways to improve the situation and abortions actually went down, not up.
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