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Delaying 'nonessential' abortions during coronavirus crisis endangers women's health and financial future (BARF)
Yahoo ^ | April Fools Day | Yana Rodgers, Professor of Labor Studies, Rutgers University

Posted on 04/01/2020 9:32:40 PM PDT by Morgana

Several U.S. states are blocking health clinics from providing abortions, declaring the procedure to be “nonessential” during coronavirus business closures. Other services deemed medically unnecessary during the crisis include dental exams, colonoscopies and cataract surgeries.

The inclusion of abortion on this list is controversial and legally contested. Judges in recent days struck down such abortion bans in Texas, Ohio and Alabama, allowing abortions to continue. However, on March 31, a Texas appeals court overturned the district court’s ruling. Abortions that are not “immediately medically necessary” may now be prohibited in the state.

Officials in these states argue restricting abortions will free up medical supplies and personnel by postponing elective procedures until the crisis is over. That will be at least a month, according to the Trump administration, if not several.

Abortion is a time-sensitive procedure – in the majority of states, one cannot be performed after 24 weeks of pregnancy. As I’ve explored in my research on the adverse effects of restricting reproductive health care, forcing pregnant women to delay an abortion is a dangerous gamble for both their physical health and their economic future. Abortions already hard to get

While abortions have been legal under U.S. federal law since the 1973 Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, many states have legally managed to curtail abortion access, with increasingly severe restrictions in the past decade.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: abortion; covid19; prolife

1 posted on 04/01/2020 9:32:40 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

And its women/women leading womens groups that are demanding it. Because they love the legal power to murder other people, and its become a feminist sacrament of worship.


2 posted on 04/01/2020 9:36:45 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Morgana

how many women die from pregnancies every year?

50,000,000+ unborn babies have died at the hands of muderlust doctors and women?, i’d say unborn babies are way way way more at risk than women who can’t get an abortion are-


3 posted on 04/01/2020 9:39:31 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: Secret Agent Man

It has been that for a while. These women are making me sick. They think it’s power but it’s a false power.


4 posted on 04/01/2020 9:39:54 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

The evil Moloch worshiping death cult called called the Democratic Party

They’re number one evil sacrament - killing babies


5 posted on 04/01/2020 9:40:00 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guv mint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: Morgana

Consequences. They exist. If you don’t want the kid, adopt them out. Be a damn Human being.


6 posted on 04/01/2020 9:41:15 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: Morgana

Not killing babies is dangerous!!!


7 posted on 04/01/2020 9:53:41 PM PDT by Professional
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To: Morgana

So millions of Americans can’t go to the doctor or dentist but these women can still kill their babies? Disgusting.


8 posted on 04/01/2020 9:54:37 PM PDT by FormerFRLurker (Keep calm and vote your conscience.)
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To: Morgana

More state-by-state abortion news from Morgana.

50 states; 50 posts

When does it become abusive, admin?


9 posted on 04/02/2020 9:44:52 AM PDT by RideForever (We were born to be tested)
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