Ok, so today in my Research Methods class, the professor (just to give an example of a subjects opinion) presented the argument that outlawing abortion would only lead to people getting abortions in alleys as opposed to an abortion clinic (as disgusting as they are, they are nonetheless a “safe” environment). This has been eating at me for a while, so how could I potentially counter this argument?

patron-saint-of-smart-asses:

You can easily counter it with the fact that historically, there was no “back alley abortions” that women died in like diseased rats. Also, some abortions WERE legal, and performed in hospitals.

This term referred to women entering a doctor’s place of practice from the back (in the alley) in order to obtain what was then an illegal abortion. Deaths from abortion complications were extremely low, but those numbers were falsified into the thousands by abortion doctors when trying to convince the then mostly anti-abortion feminists to campaign for abortion. While the doctors held it up as a necessity, in reality it was a low-handed business maneuver to give them the legality to practice abortion for more money.

Also, more women today die in “safe” legal abortion than they did in illegal ones. Not only because the number of abortions done are higher than in the past, but because many clinics do not meet safety standards to prevent complications, as well as women experiencing PTSD and depression like symptoms after being traumatized by the surgery and then killing themselves due to lack of treatment and acknowledgement of their pain.

Here are some sources if you would like them:

Abortion clinics that mislead and lie to women about care and information: [X]

Complications from abortion pills skyrocket in Ohio (where it is legally required to report abortion complications): [X]

Women
who have died from LEGAL abortion, plus a link describing how
abortionists lied about deaths of women from illegal abortion: [X][X][X]

Abortion is NOT safer than pregnancy/childbirth: [X]

Health complications that are more likely to happen after an abortion: [X][X]

Someone here goes over falsified and badly done research on mental health after abortion: [X]

Also, have a neat infographic:

Fearmongering women about their bodies and health in order to target their offspring as “the enemey” to their rights and safety as women, is definitely up there on my top ten list of Things I Hate. So I hope you make use of these things.