The United States has some of the most permissive abortion laws in the world, though many feminist groups claim the contrary.
At the Supreme Court level, abortion was made legal in 1973 with Roe v. Wade, then reaffirmed in 1992 with Planned Parenthood v. Casey. The restrictions that do make it onto the books at the state level are generally limited to parental/informed consent. Usually, constraints on early termination are quickly countered with legal action and ruled unconstitutional. We saw legislation for 15-week and six-week bans struck down this year in Mississippi and Iowa, respectively. Currently, only 17 states ban abortion after 20 weeks’ gestation.
The “land of the free” is on a list of only seven countries, including China and North Korea, that allow abortion past the five-month mark. This is a gruesome truth.
With the addition of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the high court and the still-strong Republican contingent in Washington, D.C., we’re told that abortion is under some serious fire. One response to these reproductive “needs” during the Trump years is a brand new service providing online abortion pills via mail to women in the U.S.
Evidently abortion proponents are willing to go to unethical, irresponsible, and perhaps criminal lengths to provide women with at-home options for ending the lives of their unborn. Those who profess to care so much about female well-being promote secretive access to abortion-inducing drugs.
The site offers pills for pregnant females who have yet to reach the nine-week gestational mark. On the consultation page, it states, “it is very difficult to access abortion care because of the cost of abortion, mandatory 24-72 hour waiting periods, the requirement of parental consent for minors, or the fact that clinics have been forced to close completely.”
This is utter nonsense designed to stir up fear, and because this service is done without doctor supervision, it is dangerous for the woman as well.
It is unconscionable that this is considered a solution for those unprepared for pregnancy in the United States in 2018. The mifepristone and misoprostol provided through the site are serious medications that may cause severe side effects, not least of which is the death of a growing, unborn life. Woman and babies deserve so much better than being treated as a nuisance that must be dealt with shamefully and in private.
In the past two years, we’ve seen a growing number of “handmaids” protests meant to highlight the purported reproductive oppression women experience under this administration. These demonstrations are nothing but theatrical lies. President Trump has made some wonderful, pro-life decisions of his own, like reinstating the Mexico City Policy and cutting Title X funding.
Despite those gains, abortion is easily accessible and widely available. In the middle of those sickening truths, a harmful, new approach to the “problem” of pregnancy has been introduced.
If anything, it reminds the pro-life community of the need for even more education and an increase in funding for life-affirming alternatives. While one side seeks to affirm the worth of both lives involved in any given pregnancy, the other is skirting already lax laws in an effort to add to the growing number of unborn dead.
Kimberly Ross (@SouthernKeeks) is a contributor to the Washington Examiner’s Beltway Confidential blog and a senior contributor at RedState.com.
