It’s Official: Abortion Bans Don’t Work
US Abortions INCREASE one year post Roe
I’m not going to lie — these numbers surprise me. Generally in societies that ban abortion, abortion numbers do fall, but only slightly, since people nearly always seek abortion elsewhere, or access an illegal procedure.
That’s not what’s happening in the US. This time last year, anti-choicers were crowing about the 10,000 fewer abortions recorded in the first two months after Roe v. Wade was overturned.
“We are celebrating the fact that at least 10,000 babies have a chance at life,” said Kristan Hawkins, the president of the anti-abortion group Students for Life.
“It’s a sign of course correction and of ordinary Americans finally having a say in how many lives are tragically lost to the tragedy of abortion,” she said.
Well, a full year has gone by now, and we have the receipts: Abortions went up in the US in first year after the fall of Roe. This is despite the fact 15 states in the South and Midwest have either banned abortion outright, or effectively banned abortion after just a few weeks. (As an aside, in 14 of those abortion ban states, there are no exceptions for rape or incest.)
