Republicans are forcing women to have abortions – and then telling us it's too late

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Republicans are forcing women to have abortions – and then telling us it's too late

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Republicans kicked off their first day in control of the US Congress this week by moving to ban all abortions after 20 weeks, first in the House and very soon in the Senate. The House already passed this back in 2013 – with exactly zero exceptions for women’s health, or rape or incest that hadn’t been reported to police.

But I must admit to being slightly confused: Why is the GOP trying to ban later abortions when they’re doing such a stellar job forcing women to get them?

After all, Republicans are the ones who want to spend millions on abstinence-only “education” – as in those medically inaccurate, ideology driven classes on sexuality telling students that condoms cause cancer and birth control pills cause sterility. I mean, why go through all the trouble of making up such fantastical lies if not to make sure that sexually active teens are more likely to have unwanted pregnancies, right? And it’s working! Teen pregnancy is highest in states with abstinence-only education.

Adults need not worry, though: the GOP is heavily invested in forcing women of all ages to wait weeks upon weeks to get an abortion.

Whether you’re in one of the 14 states with 20-week bans or not, 89% of counties in the United States lack an abortion provider, due in large part to efforts by Republicans to close down clinics across the country using TRAP laws: One-third of women seeking abortions have to travel more than 25 miles to get one, and 31% of women who live in rural areas had to travel over 100 miles to their nearest provider.

More - w/ many links:

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/09/republicans-abortions-20-week-pregnancies

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