I just don't agree that the government is "forcing" citizens to risk their lives without legalized abortions -- especially when a majority of abortions aren't related to saving the mother. As stated, a majority of abortions are to rid those pesky children from the womb, and there are other measures to be more proactive than reactive. As an example, a wide range of contraceptives have an efficacy rate of 98%+ if used correctly, and 91%+ with typical usage.
You have been informed, at least twice of the actual reasons for abortions and yet you keep referring to most abortions as getting "rid those pesky children from the womb". I'll post, again, the situations and reasons for abortion. If, after that you persist in implying that women are immoral and irresponsibly using abortion I'll assume that you are spreading hateful information just for the fun of it.
Late term abortions 27 to 40 weeks = less than 1% of all abortions. A majority are for many reasons (which you can look up) to save the mother. Second term abortions 13 to 26 weeks = less than 4% of all abortions. The majority of 2nd trimester abortions are because of fetal malformations that will lead to fetal death during or at birth or shortly after.
The 75% of all 1st trimester abortions, 0 to 12, weeks are performed for women and their families living below, at, or just above the US poverty line. 60% of the women in this category already have a child and are struggling financially to provide for the family. In their judgement that moment in time is not a good time to add another financial burden to an already struggling family.
Is there any reason why anyone would consider these women irresponsible for ending a pregnancy that they know they cannot afford and would harm the family? And often the answer is yes these women are irresponsible because they are not using birth control. And that's a myth: women are irresponsible and won't use birth control. (bc)
From Guttmacher:
https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/contraceptive-use-united-states
1. Contraceptive use among women who were sexually active and not seeking pregnancy was lowest among 15–24-year-olds (83%) and highest among 25–34-year-olds (91%).
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2. Among all sexually active women not seeking pregnancy, 93% of unmarried women who lived with a partner used contraceptives, as did 90% of married women and 83% of unmarried women who did not live with a partner.
3. Some 86% of sexually active women not seeking pregnancy with incomes below the federal poverty level used a method, while 91% of those with an income of at least 300% of the poverty level did so.
4. Among sexually active women not seeking pregnancy, 81% of those with no insurance coverage used contraceptives, as did 87% of those covered by Medicaid and 90% of those covered by private health insurance.
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If women are using bc why are there so many abortions? 75% of all women seeking abortion are low wage workers or poor women. Few of these women have health insurance or the financial means to pay for the most effective birth controls which are IUDs, hormone injections and hormone implants. The IUD and insertion has an up front cost of up to $2000 without insurance and hormone injections or implants charge up front costs of up to $1300. without insurance.
The least costly bc available to low wage and poor women are condoms and withdrawal with risk of failure between 22% and 26%.
There are some PP programs to help women afford IUDs, implants and injections but the anti-abortion movement has forced PP to close many of the clinics in those states limiting bc availability to low wage and poor women and women whose health insurance does not cover bc. And so these women depend on abortion when condoms, withdrawal and rhythm methods fail.
Since none of these abortions are the result of immoral or irresponsible women it would be responsible for you and others to stop blaming women and take a more realistic look at why unwanted pregnancies are happening and in reality what is going on is a religious war on low income and poor women and women working for businesses that refuse to provide insurance that covers bc.