▲ 1427 ▼ Ohio voters add abortion rights to state constitution (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 years ago by Pips@lemmy.sdf.org to c/politics@lemmy.world 171 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don’t smoke weed and I don’t have a uterus Same and I'm personally anti-abortion, but that's my personal stance and I have no right to try to force that on others. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TechyDad@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago I've always said that the best way to reduce abortion would be to treat the reasons behind why women get abortions. Suppose some women get abortions as a form of birth control (as the right likes to claim). You might be able to reduce this with better sex education and better access to birth control. If abortion happens due to rape or incest, figure out programs to reduce the incidence of these. (I'll admit that I'm not knowledgeable enough to come up with specific proposals, but I'm sure people who know more than I do could come up with something.) Nothing is going to be 100% effective, though. Abortion would need to be available for the cases that slip through. This would reduce how many abortions are performed by supporting women more instead of by banning them and putting women's lives in danger. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TechyDad@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago I've always said that the best way to reduce abortion would be to treat the reasons behind why women get abortions. Suppose some women get abortions as a form of birth control (as the right likes to claim). You might be able to reduce this with better sex education and better access to birth control. If abortion happens due to rape or incest, figure out programs to reduce the incidence of these. (I'll admit that I'm not knowledgeable enough to come up with specific proposals, but I'm sure people who know more than I do could come up with something.) Nothing is going to be 100% effective, though. Abortion would need to be available for the cases that slip through. This would reduce how many abortions are performed by supporting women more instead of by banning them and putting women's lives in danger. permalink fedilink source parent