Unsafe Abortion Quotes
His point was that if the Federal right to abortion was overturned, the states would have different laws. California would almost certainly allow abortion so rich women could fly there to have their abortions. Poor women would use Cytotec—a drug that causes abortion.
Pregnancy and childbirth is a health risk to the mother. In some third world countries, the maternal mortality rate is so high that contraception is not just a family planning methodology but a life saving technique where little or no child spacing causes serious additional risk.
The argument she made is that a woman should not be required to risk her life if she does not want to. Other than military conscription, there is no other aspect of American law whereby the society forces a citizen to risk their life.
In what may be the first written record of abortion in the "new world"
There is a very slight risk to the woman with a modern abortion procedure. There is a much greater risk to a woman who chooses to bring the fetus to term and give birth. The risk is small but it is 14 times more risk of maternal mortality (death to the mother) than with an abortion. There is also a much higher proportion of mental health problems (eg Post Partum Psychosis) for women who give birth. Most anti abortion advocates argue the issue on moral grounds and their view that we have a moral obligation not to take life. This has great legitimacy and there is a very large minority of Americans who agree with this position. However, anti-abortion advocates like Fortenberry who either are ignorant of the medical science and statistics or knows but lies about it, harm the cause they advocate for by coming across to many Americans as ignorant and/or untruthful, and they discredit the many fair and honest abortion foes.
At the time of the debate, the average pregnant woman’s risk of death was much higher from delivery than for an early abortion.
