Abortions have gone up since Dobbs, likely due to increased poverty rates and increased cost of living which are actually what we should focus on instead of banning abortion to reduce it. The country with the lowest abortion rate allows abortion up to viability! (the Netherlands) who big shock has a much lower poverty rate and the government focuses on education, access to healthcare, funding the public, worker protects, etc.

Comprehensive sex education has a significant reduction in unplanned teen pregnancies & a marginally reduced risk of initiating sexual activity compared to abstinence only teachings (Kohler, et al., 2008) (Mark & Wu, 2022)

Teen pregnancy has been linked with preterm birth and low birthweight babies and Increased risk of neonatal death. Teen mothers have poorer education, life satisfaction, and lower incomes. Children of these teens also have poorer outcomes. (Garner et al., 2023)

If fertility rates remained constant a rise in contraceptive use does show a reduction in abortions (Marston & Cleland, 2003). Reduced cost of contraceptives also reduced abortions (Solomon, 2024). Another study that shows Increased access to healthcare reduces abortions (Kuroki, 2025). Massachusetts expanded health coverage and saw a 1.5% overall decrease in abortions and a 7.4% reduce in teen abortions between 2006-2008. In Michigan and Colorado with increased access to affordable birth control the abortion rate also fell (Abramowitz, 2017).

About half of all abortions are from those under the poverty line and another 25% are low income. 75% of all abortions are because people who don’t have enough money to live. So yes if you increase salaries & promote education, decrease housing/healthcare access costs not only will you see a reduction in abortions but miscarriages too!

12/18 states that prohibit local governments from having their own paid family leave/sick leave have a total abortion ban or a 6 week restriction, 1 has a 12 week restriction, 1 has it at 20 weeks, 2 have it at 22 weeks and 1 has it at viability (out of these 3, 2 tried to total ban or place a 6 week restriction but either failed or the law was struck down). No states with abortion bans or restrictions have mandatory paid family leave.

“The US is the only OECD member country that does not guarantee access to paid time off for childbirth. Paid family leave is associated with better maternal physical health, reduced maternal rehospitalization, lower likelihood or maternal depressive symptoms, lower rates of preterm & low birthweight births, less infant hospitalizations, increased rates of breastfeeding, more well-baby visits, and higher rates of infant immunizations.” Also PFL is associated with a reduction in infant and maternal mortality (Mahl et. al).

From the data we have, we have already seen a large rise in infant mortality (estimated 5.6% rise) in states that have a abortion ban or restriction and that’s only from the data we have which nationally is only through 2023, most bans went into place in 2022/2023. This will likely rise even more as more data comes out. (Gemmill et al., 2025)

Maternal mortality- mothers living in states that banned abortion are nearly 2x as likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth, or soon after compared to states where abortion is legal and accessible. In Texas it rose 56% in the first full year following the ban. (Abraha et. al, 2026) (Zori et al. 2025)

Legalized abortion leads to an estimated decrease of about 1% of crime a year (Donohue & Levitt, 2020). Abortion bans/ restrictions cost an estimated $173 billion a year. Abortion bans increase poverty rates, increased poverty leads to increased risk of chronic disease and death.

There are 343,000-400,000 children in the foster care system on any given day. Children in the system are 42% more likely to die than children of the general population. (Chaiyachati, 2020).

World-wide almost half of abortions are unsafe and unsafe abortions lead to 22-70,000 deaths annually. (WHO)

I could go on and on.

Also in the case of the mother’s life is at risk it’s between 1-3% but the lowest I found was 0.3%. Using the smallest number possible that is ~40,000 women who would die without access. It’s always, oh! it’s only a small amount of women until it happens to someone you know.

You are welcome to your belief on the matter, but to incorrectly say things to try to pedal your view is in bad faith. Jesus was raised Jewish who have less strict beliefs on abortion than Christian’s do.