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Dehlendorf, Christine, et al. “Disparities in Family Planning.” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Mar. 2010, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2835625/.

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What happens if all abortions are banned?

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What happens if all abortions are banned?

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Limiting access or abortion doesn't necessarily mean that all abortions will go away, it just means that they will be done unsafely. For example, if a woman does not have access to a legal abortion, she may try to perform it herself by breaking the amniotic sac with a sharp object. If this is done, it can cause injury and/or infection to the internal organs, which can result in the death of the woman. Over 22,800 women die from an unsafe abortion every year. When there is a lack of access to birth control, unintended pregnancies that are carried to term lead to overall poor health outcomes such as issues as an infant (such as low birth weight), infant mortality, and maternal mortality (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov).

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In the court case of Roe v. Wade, a single pregnant woman challenged the constitutionality of Texas criminal abortion laws. The decision was that access to safe and legal abortions are a constitutional right. Currently, multiple states are making laws that are seeking to ultimately overturn Roe v. Wade. If this happens, all laws about abortions would be made and handled at the state level.

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Jamil is an actress as well as a well known feminist and equal rights activist.  She often calls out societal norms that are harmful to young women, and frequently comments on reproductive rights such as abortion.  She said "I had an abortion when I was young, and it was the best decision I have ever made. Both for me, and for the baby I didn't want, and wasn't ready for, emotionally, psychologically and financially. So many children will end up in foster homes. So many lives ruined. So very cruel." (Jameela Jamil, people.com).

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Justice Ginsburg played a large role in equal rights for women, including in the realm of contraception and abortion.  One famous quote from Justice Ginsburg is “Legal challenges to undue restrictions on abortion procedures do not seek to vindicate some generalized notion of privacy; rather, they center on a woman’s autonomy to determine her life’s course, and thus to enjoy equal citizenship stature.” (Ruth Bader Ginsburg, aclu.org)

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“Fetal Development: Month-by-Month Stages of Pregnancy.” Cleveland Clinic, 2020, https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/7247-fetal-development-stages-of-growth.

McCammon, Sarah. “What the Texas Abortion Ban Does - and What It Means for Other States.” NPR, NPR, 1 Sept. 2021, https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033202132/texas-abortion-ban-what-happens-next.

Rabin, Roni Caryn. “Answers to Questions about the Texas Abortion Law.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 1 Sept. 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/health/texas-abortion-law-facts.html.

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Rodrigues, Michelle. “The Absurd Pregnancy Math behind the 'Six-Week' Abortion Ban.” Scientific American, Scientific American, 4 Sept. 2021, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-absurd-pregnancy-math-behind-the-lsquo-six-week-rsquo-abortion-ban/.

Roe v. Wade, 2018, https://www.oyez.org/cases/1971/70-18.

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When the penalty for rape is far less than the penalty for abortion, there is very clearly an issue with the way the justice system in the United States is set up.

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The penalty for rape in Georgia is 25 years in prison. The penalty for rape in Alabama is 10 years in prison. The penalty for rape in Texas is between 2 and 20 years in prison. The penalty for rape in Ohio is 3 to 10 years.

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Like many other states, abortion is legal in Ohio until about six weeks, or when a heartbeat is considered detectable. However, there is an exception to this. In Lebanon, Ohio, abortion at any and all stages of pregnancy is illegal.

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The penalty for illegal abortion is different across the Unites States. In Georgia, the penalty for illegal abortion is up to life in prison and the death penalty. In Alabama, doctors who perform abortions and women who have abortions could be charged with criminal homicide and face up to life in prison or the death penalty.

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The law on abortion that was passed in 2021 makes abortions later than 6 weeks illegal. It does not make exceptions for rape or incest.

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Scientifically, pregnancy starts on the first day of the last menstrual period. This means that six weeks of pregnancy is technically only four weeks after conception. The average menstrual cycle is about two weeks. However, this cycle can change due to stress, weight gain/loss, birth control, polycystic ovarian syndrome, the list goes on. This leaves a window of roughly one week for a woman to figure out she is pregnant, which does not allot hardly any time for her to process that she is pregnant, decide what she wants to do, and, if she so chooses, schedule an appointment for an abortion.

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Birth control is NOT the same as Abortion

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Birth control is NOT the same as Abortion

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The idea that forms of birth control such as the IUD and emergency contraceptives are considered abortion has come from strictly anti-abortion organizations.  This idea promotes a false narrative that taking birth control is the same as having an abortion.  I think it is important to differentiate between the two.  "A contraceptive method, by definition, prevents pregnancy by interfering with ovulation, fertilization or implantation. Abortion ends an established pregnancy, after implantation" (guttmacher.org).