What happens when abortion is banned? Lessons from around the world

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With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, campaigners for abortion rights from Africa to Latin America are warning of the potentially devastating consequences

They say the conservative-majority court should consider the impact of anti-abortion measures globally – from deaths like Ann’s in Kenya and women being wrongly jailed over miscarriages in El Salvador to the persecution of abortion rights defenders in Poland.

Another 50 nations only allow abortion when the woman’s health is at risk or in cases of rape or incest, the group says. Most of these deaths are among poor women living in lower-income countries – with more than 60% of them in Africa and 30% in Asia, it said. “All of the things we are seeing here in Kenya, they will see in the U.S. if the ruling is overturned,” said Nelly Munyasia, executive director of the Reproductive Health Network Kenya.

In the last two decades, more than 180 women have been jailed for abortion-related crimes, says the Citizen Group for the Decriminalization of Abortion, a non-profit.

 

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At that point there will be no need for any immigration.

You cannot ban a necessary medical procedure

Restricting abortion does nothing to reduce the abortion rate. But the “pro-life” movement doesn’t care. They just really enjoy seeing women punished.

Uh way more problems than if it stayed legal but a country that preaches freedom all over the world does some wild ass shit in their own borders

Ah yes the good old prolifers threatening to kill and imprison actual living women. Opposing abortion leads to more death and destruction, not less. It is misogynistic and cruel to think you know better than any woman whether she can handle having a child.

Every country with religion as part of governance is inherently oppressive and violent especially toward women and LGBTQ. The Republican USA is no exception, horrific misogyny.

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