That some women are so cavalier about abortions is a shame, "but there it is."
What has been forgotten for many decades now is WHY abortions are now legal. Abortions WERE performed before they were legal. If a woman was lucky they were performed by a doctor in his office or a hospital and called something else; "D&C" was a common excuse. Some women flew to places like Switzerland or the Scandinavian countries where they were legal.
And if they weren't lucky, they attempted it themselves or had it done by a "back alley abortionist". The results were often fatal. And, if the woman did live, she often ended up contracting infections that resulted in sterility.
That certainly did solve the pregnancy problem for her. I suspect in Neocon's calculus, that means more lost souls though. I suppose God, in his infinite mercy, holds that against the woman.
The results of illegal abortions were related to economic class, of course. If you were at least middle class, you might get a US doctor to do it. Failing that, you could probably afford a ticket to a foreign country.
If you were poor, you took your chances.
But this isn't a simple case of death-or-no-death, as Neocon would have it. Nothing like that. Neocon's choice also condemns people to death.
The Supreme Court's answer to what was a growing problem with more and more victim's was Roe v. Wade. |
