As I said, this is a myth. But rather than post my own blog on the subject, I recently came across a thorough, clear and fascinating blog by Kristi Burton Brown that I thought I would link to here for your reference.
Monday, November 05, 2012
Do Abortion Bans Lead to "Back Alley" Procedures?
One of the issues I have not covered in my recent blog posts on abortion is the oft-repeated myth that if a country outlaws abortion, the number of abortions will not go down and women instead will seek "back alley" abortions, dangerous procedures that result in more injuries and fatalities for the pregnant women.
As I said, this is a myth. But rather than post my own blog on the subject, I recently came across a thorough, clear and fascinating blog by Kristi Burton Brown that I thought I would link to here for your reference.
As I said, this is a myth. But rather than post my own blog on the subject, I recently came across a thorough, clear and fascinating blog by Kristi Burton Brown that I thought I would link to here for your reference.
Saturday, November 03, 2012
Fetal “Personhood,” Abortion, and Allowing Exceptions for Rape and Incest
On October 26, 2012, a post appeared on a blog titled, "The Dead Author's Club" by "Christine" (her last name does not appear on the post) titled "Fetal personahood and criminalizing abortion: a prosecutor's perspective." The blog had nothing to do with dead authors, and to Christine's credit she explained this from the ourtset. Instead, she wanted to express her thoughts about the efforts to ban (or even criminalize) abortion except in certain special circumstances such as rape and incest. Unfortunately, comments have been closed, so there is no way for me to respond to Christine directly. Even without that opportunity, though, I felt a response of some sort was warranted.
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