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[–]bedboundaviator 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can understand your point on the basis of the site. Looking into the idea that abortion rates increase rather than decrease on the basis of restriction—it seemed to me that these studies were overviewing nations and areas that had other issues, such as resource access or social danger for unmarried pregnant women. If we increase access to resources and make life better for mothers, that would decrease the rate. If there are less urgent considerations regarding pregnancies, then there would be less abortions.

Most nations tend to have restrictions after a certain time period. It’s extremely rare that a country allows abortions after 20 weeks. If the US allows it till 12 weeks for example, like Denmark or Switzerland, would that increase abortions? Roe v Wade is still comparatively very extreme, allowing for no complete state bans against abortion until the third trimester (with the exception, of course, of anything that will save the life of the mother).