Let us put an end to the lie that abortion restrictions are to protect the health of the mother. Let us put an end to the lie that abortion restrictions are to protect the health of children. A new report by the Center for Reproductive Rights, details how the women and children in states with more abortion restrictions are less healthy than states with fewer abortion restrictions.
We found that the more abortion restrictions present, the worse a state performed overall on indicators of
women’s and children’s well-being (see Figure 1). Among the 23 states with 0-6 abortion restrictions, 18
(78%) were above the median overall score for well-being. In contrast, only eight of the 28 states with 7-14
abortion restrictions (29%) were above the median.
I would recommend reading the entire report.