Abortion Bans don't stop Abortions...they just cause More Harm to women with totally unwanted pregnancies. Prior to RvW, estimates of annual abortions in the U.S. were on the order of 200,000 to 1.2M with a sizable percentage being either "Self" or "Back Alley" abortions with NO professional medical care available for those "procedures", which then necessitated many ER visits and followup procedures. This is why the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Strongly Supports legalization and availability of abortion across the country...and has for decades. These medical professionals are not 'Baby Killers'. (please read the attached article)

There are better. ways of reducing the number of abortions without sacrificing a woman's right to determine when and how often to have children...a) Contraceptive Availability and Access for All...b) Better and More Availability of Sex/Sexuality Education...for all age groups (including adults) that are 'Age Appropriate'...c) More Funding for Programs that make carrying a pregnancy to term tenable for all pregnant women...especially those who are poor.

As this shows...Anti-Abortion Laws are in essence "Unenforceable" and only make matters worse for innocent women, since there is no time available to adjudicate any case, much less millions of them. While some advocates are well-intentioned, Prudential Judgement calls for the path that doesn't rely on Government Coercion.


Link: https://www.npr.org/2019/05/20/725139713/what-abortion-was-like-in-the-u-s-before-roe-v-wade