@EmmaWTimes if you really believe the myth that "abortion rates tend to be the same regardless of its legality," how do you explain fact that in wake of Roe v. Wade the U.S. birth rate plummeted?
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Over the decade following Roe v. Wade, as abortion gradually gained acceptance, the U.S. abortion rate more than doubled. From 1972 to 1981 the number of abortions nearly tripled (586,800 → 1,577,300), and the abortion rate (per no. women of childbearing age) increased 122%.
Unsurprisingly, a sharp increase in abortions & a sharp drop in birth rate immediately followed the Jan., 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. But then a strange thing happened: abortion rate continued to increase, as acceptance of abortion increased. But the birth rate increased as well.
In fact, for five consecutive years the U.S. birth rate and abortion rate BOTH increased, simultaneously.
Abortion gradually became accepted, by many Americans, as a sort of backup birth control method, replacing caution and self-control.
So, in the long term, the birth rate was only slightly reduced by legalized abortion. The pregnancy rate rose nearly as much as the abortion rate. Within a decade, the birth rate had nearly recovered to the slightly declining trend-line that it was already on.
Most abortions simply replaced other forms of birth control, used for "family planning" purposes, to delay childbearing.
Claim that "abortion rates tend to be the same regardless of its legality" is a blatant lie. So WHY do you think the abortion industry spreads such lies?
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