ComradeR
24th October 2009, 08:35
I thought I'd post this here to see what the pro-lifers think of it.
Restricting the availability of legal abortion does not appear to reduce the number of women trying to end unwanted pregnancies, a major report suggests.
The Guttmacher Institute's survey found abortion occurs at roughly equal rates in regions where it is legal and regions where it is highly restricted.
It did note that improved access to contraception had cut the overall abortion rate over the last decade.
But unsafe abortions, primarily illegal, have remained almost static.
Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8305217.stm)
This goes to show that the arguments of the pro-life crowd are a moot point. That in fact the only impact anti-abortion laws have is to raise the mortality rates and suffering of women.
Restricting the availability of legal abortion does not appear to reduce the number of women trying to end unwanted pregnancies, a major report suggests.
The Guttmacher Institute's survey found abortion occurs at roughly equal rates in regions where it is legal and regions where it is highly restricted.
It did note that improved access to contraception had cut the overall abortion rate over the last decade.
But unsafe abortions, primarily illegal, have remained almost static.
Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8305217.stm)
This goes to show that the arguments of the pro-life crowd are a moot point. That in fact the only impact anti-abortion laws have is to raise the mortality rates and suffering of women.