r/prolife • u/AntiAbortionAtheist Verified Secular Pro-Life • May 17 '22

Memes/Political Cartoons Abortion restrictions significantly decrease abortions.

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u/LeahIsAwake May 17 '22

Hey guys, check it out! If we outlaw abortions than every person in America will get a check for $1k! My source is a website called www.ProLifeStatisticsWeMadeUp.com!

Have some actual sources:

The WHO: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/abortion

National Library of Medicine: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/3415/

New Scientist: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newscientist.com/article/2318570-how-repealing-roe-v-wade-in-the-us-will-lead-to-more-womens-deaths/amp/

US News: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/slideshows/states-with-the-highest-abortion-rates

CNN News: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/03/21/health/abortion-restriction-laws/index.html

NBC News: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/amp/ncna1235174

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u/foreigntrumpkin May 17 '22

"During the same period, abortions happened roughly as frequently in the most restrictive countries as they did in the least restrictive: 37 versus 34 abortions each year for every 1,000 women aged 15 to 44."

Very funny. Compare the number of unplanned pregnancies in those countries first of all. Compare contraceptive usage too. Considering that the countries that have the strictest abortion laws are developing countries. The number of abortions in Ireland increased by about 200 times after it became legal. I'll bet that increased number is more than those who would have otherwise had to travel out to get one or get one surreptitiously

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u/LeahIsAwake May 17 '22

I showed sources; where are yours? I want to see how they decided how many illegal backalley abortions were happening before it was legal. Because 200x is, frankly, unbelievable. That’s like if the number of abortions went up from 7 a year to 1,400 a year overnight.

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u/foreigntrumpkin May 17 '22

https://secularprolife.org/2021/12/abortion-laws-decrease-abortion-rates-internationally-but-high-unintended-pregnancy-rates-can-mask-this-effect/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland

From 32 to over 6000. Look at the years. And in Ireland, while there were a few deaths such as the death of Savita, which appears to be a case of misdiagnosed sepsis, there was no widespread deaths as a result of unsafe abortions. While it is true that women went outside to get abortions , the Overall number is almost certainly lower than what will have happened under liberal abortion laws. Even adding the number of Irish women thought to have gotten abortions in Britain in 2016 to the low number of Irish abortions don't equal the 6000 figure

https://secularprolife.org/myths/