Even many of those who favor lower taxes (or at least oppose higher taxes) and abortion restrictions don't know the Republican Party as anything other than a vehicle for upper - class interest group politics and white identity politics.
In addition, some surveys show that here in the U.S., states with more
abortion restrictions do in fact have lower abortion rates, suggesting legal changes may indeed have some effect.
Despite the efforts of anti-women's health members of Congress, additional
abortion restrictions did not make it into the final bill.
Not exact matches
So even though I think
abortion is morally wrong in most cases, and support more legal
restrictions around it, I often vote for pro-choice candidates when I think their policies will
do the most to address the health and economic concerns that drive women to get
abortions in the first place.
So, with those considerations in mind, I think it's safer to say that while legal
restrictions on
abortion might put a dent in the
abortion rate, they won't put an end to
abortion as we know it, and, most importantly, they won't
do a thing to alter the number of unwanted pregnancies.
Do you support the mother's right to have an abortion for any reason or do you have restriction
Do you support the mother's right to have an
abortion for any reason or
do you have restriction
do you have
restrictions?
And yet your position is still unclear to me, so let me ask clearly —
do you think
abortion should be available with no legal
restrictions, or should it be available with some legal
restrictions?
Placing more
restrictions on
abortion is exactly what anti-choice zealots
do to attempt to prevent
abortion at all costs.
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abortion restrictions»
This was an important step in the right direction, but there is still clear work to be
done to reject any attempt to take away this right and to expand comprehensive access to reproductive health services by removing
abortion restrictions altogether.
The 18th district is currently represented in the Senate by Jeff Dial, whose voting record belies a lack of support for contraception access — his vote for HB 2599 helped lay the groundwork to deny state Medicaid recipients the right to receive preventive health care and birth control from Planned Parenthood — as well as his opposition to
abortion — as illustrated by his vote in favor of SB 1324, which put severe
restrictions around the use of medication
abortion, which don't even comply with FDA regulations.
Moreover, the exceptions contained in these
restrictions do not allow for an
abortion when necessary to protect a woman's health, as required by the Court.
A study released Dec. 8 reaffirms that
abortion as practiced in America today is safe — and just further proof that
abortion restrictions have nothing to
do with safety and everything to
do with politics.
GOP state Rep. Ross McGregor (one of the seven GOP Representatives who voted against the budget) denounced the budget for creating new
abortion restrictions saying, «This is an area where government doesn't need to be inserting itself.»
Targeted
restrictions against
abortion providers (TRAP) that place unreasonable requirements on health care centers, slowly erode access to
abortion, have nothing to
do with improving the health or safety of women — and have everything to
do with politics
For this appointment, there are no
restrictions on food since you are
doing the Medication
Abortion.
Restrictions passed at state level don't support women's health and in fact hurt women by reducing access to safe
abortion, as well as the means to prevent unintended pregnancies.
With its decision, the Court recognized that these
restrictions do not enhance patient safety, but rather punish women by blocking access to safe
abortion.
Of course, the harsh
restrictions don't stop
abortion from happening, and horror stories abound: of 4 million unsafe and illegal
abortions occurring per year; of women being killed and mutilated after botched back - alley procedures; of pregnant victims of rape and incest — like, recently, an 11 - year - old girl in Paraguay who was raped by her stepfather — being forced to carry their abusers» children to term.
In June, I wrote about the paradox of antiabortion organizations» antipathy toward expanding the availability of long - acting birth control — a policy that would
do more than anything else (including severe
abortion restrictions) to reduce
abortion.