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One of the big reasons why the story about Michelle Obama revealing her miscarriage is so important(among others) is that it's important for women to realize how commonplace miscarriages are and one of the big side effects of attempting to ban abortion is. Too many women think that they would never have an abortion and they would never dream of doing that to their baby. But bans on abortion don't just impact women who want to have an abortion. They impact all women everywhere.
If Abortion is banned it doesn't disappear. It gets pushed into the black market. It gets pushed into dark alleyways. There are a million different ways that woman can cause an intentional miscarriage to prevent a pregnancy she doesn't want. Drugs, alcohol, falling down the stairs...
Currently, in the United States, 1/3 of all pregnancies end in a miscarriage. A natural one. One that is not intentional. For the women who have them, it is tragic and traumatizing. If Abortion is banned how are we going to tell the difference between intentional miscarriages and unintentional ones? If Abortion is Murder then every single solitary miscarriage that happens in the United States is going to require a homicide investigation in which the woman's body is a crime scene and she is the prime suspect.
Think about that for a minute. It doesn't matter if you wanted the miscarriage or not we can't just take your word for it. All the women who intentionally caused their miscarriage will claim it was an accident too. As a result, every woman's miscarriage will need to be treated with the seriousness that a murder investigation requires. Police are going to have to know what you put in your body recently. They're going to have to know as soon as you knew you were pregnant. If you go to your doctor, your doctor will have to report the pregnancy to the police the same way they would if someone came in with a gunshot wound. If you buy a pregnancy test at the local drug store the pharmacist will have to notify the authorities.
Every woman will need to have these intimate details made a matter of public record. Before you even have a baby bump, before you even tell your friends and family. This is the post-Roe vs Wade world. That's why the ruling came down to a right to privacy. The degree of government intrusion in the most personal part of your life would have to be absolutely astounding in order to have any hope of making an abortion ban enforceable.
Every woman who thinks she would never want an abortion needs to understand this. Every woman who thinks aborting your child is horrible needs to understand the grass is not as green as it looks on the other side of the fence before it's too late.
If Abortion is banned it doesn't disappear. It gets pushed into the black market. It gets pushed into dark alleyways. There are a million different ways that woman can cause an intentional miscarriage to prevent a pregnancy she doesn't want. Drugs, alcohol, falling down the stairs...
Currently, in the United States, 1/3 of all pregnancies end in a miscarriage. A natural one. One that is not intentional. For the women who have them, it is tragic and traumatizing. If Abortion is banned how are we going to tell the difference between intentional miscarriages and unintentional ones? If Abortion is Murder then every single solitary miscarriage that happens in the United States is going to require a homicide investigation in which the woman's body is a crime scene and she is the prime suspect.
Think about that for a minute. It doesn't matter if you wanted the miscarriage or not we can't just take your word for it. All the women who intentionally caused their miscarriage will claim it was an accident too. As a result, every woman's miscarriage will need to be treated with the seriousness that a murder investigation requires. Police are going to have to know what you put in your body recently. They're going to have to know as soon as you knew you were pregnant. If you go to your doctor, your doctor will have to report the pregnancy to the police the same way they would if someone came in with a gunshot wound. If you buy a pregnancy test at the local drug store the pharmacist will have to notify the authorities.
Every woman will need to have these intimate details made a matter of public record. Before you even have a baby bump, before you even tell your friends and family. This is the post-Roe vs Wade world. That's why the ruling came down to a right to privacy. The degree of government intrusion in the most personal part of your life would have to be absolutely astounding in order to have any hope of making an abortion ban enforceable.
Every woman who thinks she would never want an abortion needs to understand this. Every woman who thinks aborting your child is horrible needs to understand the grass is not as green as it looks on the other side of the fence before it's too late.