{"id":126478,"date":"2016-09-20T13:22:23","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T17:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=126478"},"modified":"2016-09-20T14:01:54","modified_gmt":"2016-09-20T18:01:54","slug":"3-simple-reasons-abandon-back-alley-abortion-argument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/3-simple-reasons-abandon-back-alley-abortion-argument\/","title":{"rendered":"Three reasons the ‘back alley’ abortion argument fails"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abortion is the most important human rights issue of our time, not only because it has accounted for the deaths of over\u00a056 million<\/a>\u00a0people in the United States since the unconstitutional, immoral, reprehensible Supreme Court decision in 1973, but also because it has garnered the support of around half of the country. One of the major political parties in our nation not only paraded the CEO of the largest abortion provider in the country around as a hero at\u00a0their convention<\/a>\u00a0but\u00a0felt the need to also have the president of NARAL speak as well (this is the organization that hates unborn children so much,\u00a0they lashed out<\/a>\u00a0at a Doritos commercial that “humanized” an unborn child). The abortion culture has shifted from simply being pro-choice (it’s up to the woman) to actually being pro-abortion (an abortion is a valiant thing) right before our eyes.<\/p>\n

In a previous\u00a0post,<\/a>\u00a0I\u00a0showed the absurdity of three popular pro-choice arguments. I believe\u00a0we have an obligation to show the\u00a0ridiculousness\u00a0and\u00a0intellectual dishonesty\u00a0of\u00a0pro-choice arguments.\u00a0One argument is what many call a “scare tactic.” It’s called\u00a0the back-alley argument<\/em>, and it goes something like this:<\/p>\n

If we make abortion illegal, we’re forcing these women to get their abortions in dirty places with dirty instruments. That is only going to hurt them. They’re going to do it anyway; it might as well be in a safe, clean environment.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Let’s look at three reasons why\u00a0this argument is bad…<\/p>\n

1. It’s a Myth.<\/h3>\n

Obviously, our first step is to verify the claim being made\u00a0—\u00a0mainly, that if we outlaw abortion, women who want abortions will\u00a0get them anyway, and do it unsafely.\u00a0We shouldn’t accept this pro-choice platitude without thought. It\u00a0is based on\u00a0a lie<\/a>\u00a0that the former president of NARAL and his co-founders made up to help repeal restrictive abortion laws. The year before Roe v. Wade<\/em>, there were actually 39 cases of\u00a0maternal fatalities in the United States. While these deaths are tragic, this is a far cry from the 10,000 NARAL claimed.<\/p>\n

Surveys<\/a>\u00a0have shown that at the very highest, 20% of women obtaining an abortion would do so illegally if it were illegal.<\/p>\n

The data doesn’t support the back alley argument. The majority of women getting an abortion would most likely\u00a0not\u00a0<\/em>get one if it were illegal.<\/p>\n

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