Tara Murtha & Susan Frietsche: Nothing 'pro-life' about overturning Roe v. Wade

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1. More of this clearly stated, succinct argument.

We also know that women living in places where abortion is criminalized have abortions at roughly the same rate as countries where it is legal (a recent study suggests abortion is in fact more common where it is criminalized).

Criminalizing abortion doesn’t lower the abortion rate; however, it significantly raises the maternal mortality rate. Approximately 13 percent of global maternal mortality is due to unsafe abortion in places where it’s criminalized or inaccessible.

Overturning Roe would enable states to criminalize abortion, which hurts and kills women. What’s so “pro-life” about that?

Meanwhile, while working to bring the big case they believe will overturn Roe, pro-life lawmakers have passed hundreds of state-level restrictions designed to reserve access to safe, legal abortion care for the relatively rich.

https://triblive.com/opinion/featuredcommentary/14497628-74/tara-murtha-susan-frietsche-nothing-pro-life-about-overturning-roe-v-wade