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Originally Posted by Izzibeth
Funny thing about educating yourself on a subject is you don't have to "copy and paste".
Since so often people apparently require others to hold their hand when presented with information that they disagree with... here is an article to start you on your way towards researching the REAL consequences (not projected) of making abortion illegal. GHANA
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1972, the year before Roe vs. Wade comes to fruition. The Federal Centers for Disease Control report 39 maternal deaths from illegal abortion. These numbers, of course, were indeed tragedies that should have been prevented with proper medical care to both the mother and the unborn child. That being said, these numbers are a far cry from the estimated thousands used to push the Roe vs. Wade movement, estimates that today were proven to be false.
When abortion was legalized, these so called horrible "back-door" abortionists were given the freedom to put a shingle on their front door. The funny thing is, though, abortions aren't that much different today than they were in the 1960's, and the threat of life comes only in the mass of numbers involved in the slight risk factor.
Now that Ghana article, it gave some explicit imagery on self-induced abortions, which only implies the lack of medical advances the U.S. is fortunate to have. The risk won't
nearly be as inherent were abortions made illegal and should women have to resort to consulting back-door practices again.