Thread by @GidMK

I always think that abortion policy is the place where feelings trump facts most, because we know that

a) banning abortions DOESN'T reduce abortions
b) contraception DOES reduce abortions
c) abortion bans are very harmful

And yet people still advocate for bans

None of this is controversial in the slightest, and indeed is very well-demonstrated. The problem is that inducing an abortion isn't necessarily hard, it's inducing one SAFELY that is the problem

I always find this abbreviated list of abortion techniques from the WHO enlightening on the topic. These are things that women try in the absence of safe abortion provision

Examples include inserting knives into the uterus, drinking turpentine, and jumping off a roof

Conversely, there's pretty strong evidence that providing free contraception to women can reduce the number of abortions
academic.oup.com/humrep/article…

So anyone who wanted to reasonably reduce the occurrence of abortions in an area would be advocating for better provision of cheap contraceptives, and better funding of family planning services

Unfortunately, the debate really isn't about reducing abortions at all, which is why it generally becomes about religious or moral arguments rather than an actual effort to reduce abortions per se