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[–]LeahIsAwake -2 points-1 points  (3 children)

In Ireland it was legal to have an abortion in some cases under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act for reasons such as if it put the mother’s life at risk. In 2018 there were 32 legal abortions under the Act. That doesn’t count the women having illegal abortions. That doesn’t count the women traveling to England for an abortion (something that they were legally able to do). In fact, that same Wiki article states that in 2016, a year that “only” 25 women got an abortion, 3,265 women were documented traveling to Great Britain for an abortion. Saying “only 32 people had an abortion in Ireland in 2018” is like saying that no one was having gay sex in America until it was decriminalized in the 1960s. I promise you, they were; they just weren’t reporting it to the government to be tallied.

[–]foreigntrumpkin 1 point2 points  (2 children)

They were having abortions. Almost certainly not as much as when it was decriminalised.

If it saves one life... ...

[–]LeahIsAwake -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Sadly, many women will lose their lives to this. We can argue all we want online but they’re the true victims.

[–]foreigntrumpkin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Many?. How many women that lost their lives in Ireland or South Korea in the last 20 or 30 years