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In reply to the discussion: Abortion actually is becoming RARE. Jailing women for "suspicious miscarriages" is trending. Coincidence? [View all]Novara
(5,838 posts)....who has to drive hundreds of miles to the "nearest" clinic. Ask a woman who has to travel, then stay in a hotel to wait out the waiting period before she can obtain an abortion. Ask any woman who CANT AFFORD an abortion. Ask any woman who has to run the gauntlet of invasive, state-sanctioned rape (trans-vaginal ultrasounds), waiting periods, lectures full of lies about breast cancer or "reversible" abortions, and the harassment of anti-choice zealots screaming at them in an ever-shrinking buffer zone (oh, but it's "counseling," don't you know). Ask the woman who has been jailed for miscarrying/terminating her pregnancy. Or the woman who was jailed because she tried to commit suicide while pregnant.
Abortion is already rare. It is safe and legal, but it is already rare. And it's killing and punishing women.