{"id":315074,"date":"2024-07-05T06:42:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T11:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=315074"},"modified":"2024-09-20T12:35:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T17:35:27","slug":"women-werent-unsafe-before-roe-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/women-werent-unsafe-before-roe-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Women weren’t ‘unsafe’ in America before ‘Roe’… and they’re not unsafe now"},"content":{"rendered":"
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North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum was interviewed by Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” where she criticized his recent position change on abortion. Previously, in 2016, he said pro-life laws might make women unsafe; now, however, he says he supports the overturning of Roe v. Wade<\/em>, and that abortion laws should be left to the states. But is Burgum wrong now? And do pro-life laws put women at risk?<\/p>\n

An “evolving” position\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the interview<\/a>, Welker played a clip of Burgum’s where he previously seemed skeptical about protecting preborn lives from abortion:<\/p>\n

When you outlaw the ability to terminate pregnancies and make it illegal, it just makes it unsafe for some of the most vulnerable people in the world \u2014 young women who are scared, who are afraid, who are in a spot, you know, that they don\u2019t want to be in. America was an unsafe place for women before Roe v. Wade.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSo, by your own standard, governor, is America unsafe for women as a result of Roe being overturned?\u201d Welker asked.<\/p>\n

In response, Burgum said his view on abortion has simply “evolved.”<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, it\u2019s not,\u201d Burgum replied. \u201cAnd, of course, this is something that should have been returned to the states. Let\u2019s be clear, that was a comment from over eight years ago. And certainly, I\u2019ve evolved in that position. And I have been clear that I\u2019m opposed to a federal abortion ban. I\u2019m aligned with President Trump on that, and this is something that has to be left to the states.”<\/p>\n

Fabricated statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the homicide of undelivered human beings isn’t an issue that should be legal or illegal dependent upon the state in which one lives, the larger question here is whether or not women were unsafe before Roe<\/em>. And the answer is, quite simply, no.<\/p>\n

Laws protecting preborn lives from abortion did not<\/em> cause thousands of deaths<\/a> prior to Roe<\/em>. This notion was completely fabricated by Dr. Bernard Nathanson, one of the founders of the organization formerly known as NARAL Pro-Choice America. Nathanson later became pro-life and admitted that he and his colleagues made the figures up. Their goal was to scare people into supporting legalized abortion. The deception worked.<\/p>\n

But how many women did<\/em> die before abortion was legalized federally, forcing it upon every state in the nation?<\/p>\n