If You Want to Protect Women’s Health, Abortion Isn’t the Answer

At Salon, Valerie Tarico lays out 10 reasons why she is “pro-abortion, not just pro-choice,” writing:

I’m pro-abortion because being able to delay and limit childbearing is fundamental to female empowerment and equality. A woman who lacks the means to manage her fertility lacks the means to manage her life.

She goes on to write that being able to delay or space childbearing is better for the health of mothers and babies.

I’m all for women — for couples — being able to plan their families in a way that protects the health and well-being of the mother and baby, as well as of the family. The difference is that we don’t need to do this by using chemicals and procedures that end the lives of unborn children and expose the mothers to the risk of physical and psychological harm (including a higher risk of death). Abortion does the opposite of what Tarico claims.

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