[verga]

No, it is much worse than that, because a side effect would be an increase in spurious rape allegations, with near certainty. It is already apparent that many - if not the majority of - rape allegations are merely buyers' remorse. Adding even more incentive does not help things.

I am sorry to disagree, you did not go far enough. several years ago I watched a talking heads show where a woman OBGYN said that if she could legally only perform abortions if the pregnancy risked the life of the mother she was certain that she could find a reason with EVERY pregnancy.

These people are insidious and will stop at nothing.

[Joe 6-pack]

"...I watched a talking heads show where a woman OBGYN said that if she could legally only perform abortions if the pregnancy risked the life of the mother she was certain that she could find a reason with EVERY pregnancy."

That's essentially how Tiller the killer skirted the Kansas restrictions on late term abortions.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

That’s obvious, and it could have been done fifty years ago. What has changed is the culture. When New York relaxed its abortion laws around 1972, the proviso was that abortion would be allowed in cases where it was necessary to safeguard the mother’s health. A standard that was so loose that effectively any pretext could be used to medically justify an abortion. Abortion mills made little pretext about determining the health issues. If you showed up, you needed the “health services” on offer.