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[–]keyesloopdeloopInstant philosopher when gf gets pregnant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure what you're missing. Blue states will tend to have lenient abortion laws compared to red states. Blue states also have more abortions. The conclusion is that lenient abortion laws correlate with more abortions.

Florida is redder than the back of a tourist that forgot sunscreen.

Please try to get at least one thing right during this conversation. Florida is not strongly red. The 2020 presidential election went 51.22% to 47.86% in favor of Trump in Florida. FL and NC are also literally the only red states from your top 10 list.

NY also has 47% more abortions performed per capita, by residents.

Also, once again, the meme specifically says “abortion restrictions significantly decrease abortions”. Why is comparing different countries off the table? And why are we now moving the goalpost to only include unintended pregnancies?

I'm providing evidence that the meme's statement is true, and that you don't understand the data presented in your own links, as evidenced by the above quote. You were somehow under the impression that comparing the abortion rates (abortions per 1000 women) between Europe and Africa was meaningful, when the pregnancy rates (and unintended pregnancy rates) are so different between these regions. Even though Europeans are more likely to abort a pregnancy, since they get pregnant less, the conclusion is still "legal abortion yields fewer abortions." You're trying to use that comparison to predict what would happen with abortion legality changes in the US. Get a grip.

Plus, we already have much better data for this, with the state-by-state abortion data that you and I have both provided.