Perfectly safe if legal

Abortions don't stop if made illegal, they just become unsafe

After abortions became more widely available, "The number of abortion-related deaths in the US decreased between 1972 and 1980, from 90 to 16" (Tyrer)

Legal abortions carries a lower death rate than childbearing itself

Getting a legal abortions is "7 time safer than carrying the pregnancy to term" (Tyrer)

illegal abortions "carry a risk of death...30 times that of legal abortion"(Tyrer)

Thesis: The overall thesis of the article is to educate people on why they should consider the health impact of abortion restrictions.

"When we tested the crude relationship between each of the five types of abortion restrictive laws, each was significantly associated with an increased odds for infant mortality."

"Infants born in states with three or more restrictive laws were significantly more likely to die before their first birthday than were those born in states with no restrictions."

"The Sexual and Reproductive Framework (SRI) defines Reproductive rights as human rights and recognizes the multiple forms of oppression that impact individuals' decisions about their sexual and reproductive health."

6 states with NO health exceptions

10 states with NO rape or incest exceptions

12 states with NO fatal fetal anomaly exception

Long term effects: prolonged grief, anxiety, depression, post traumatic stress symptoms and suicidal ideation

Abortions are not a want in this case but a need

they can often lead to death if not handled quickly

if carried to term it is likely that either the mother or baby will die at birth

restricting access to abortion is a risk factor for adverse maternal and Infant health